15/01/12

Daily life

• Pharaoh - the political religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'lord of the Two Lands' and High Priest of Every Temple 
• Government official Nobles Priests
• Soldiers- used wooden weapons(bow&arrows, spears)w/bronze tips and might ride chariots
• Scribes -  kept record, told stories, wrote poetry described anatomy, and medical treatments
• Merchants - use money/barter system - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later coinage came about
• Artisans - would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife 
• Farmers - raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benitted from irrigationof the Nile
• Slaves and Servants - help the wealthy with household and ehildraisisg duties  
• Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh
• cleopatra VII also served as pharao, but much later(51 -30B.C) more on her when we study Greece 

Goddesses and God

• over 2000 goddesses and god 
• they "controlled" the lives of human  

15/02/11

Geography

• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
• The Nile River start from south to North
• water for drinking, irrigation, bathing and transportation
• every July it floods
• every October it leaves behind rich soil 
• the delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
• managing the river required technological breakingthroughs in irrigation

Pyramids

• the Great sphinx of Giza 
• built 1555 - 2532 B.C
• a recumbent lion with a human's head
• the oldest monumental statue in the world

Daily life

• Pharaoh 
• Government official Nobles Priests
• Soldiers
• Scribes 
• Merchants - use money/barter system - merchants might accept bags of grain for payment - later coinage came about
• Artisans - would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife 
• Farmers - raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benitted from irrigation of the Nile
• Slaves and Servants - help the wealthy with household and ehildraisisg duties  

15/02/09

We have a test today and I think I did really bad. I did review last night use Chris' blog because mine have nothing. The most of things I had review were not in the test, so I think I did pretty bad.

15/02/06

We change set today. Actually I don't really like my set because I set at first row. But fortunately, I still set with Suky.

15/02/05

• These people invented plaster
• Spent too much time to feeding themselves
• Most villages were abandoned
• Too dry for farming
• Entire communities were forced to move on
• Animals moved
• Geography is the answer
• cool in summer, warm in winther

15/02/04

Today we continue watch the video: Guns, Germs, and Steel. And we took some note.
There are 14 domesticated animal - goats,sheep,pigs, cows, horse, donkey, bacrian camels, arbian camels, llamas, reindeer, yaks, mithons and balie cattle.

15/02/03

Today we continue watch the video and took some note. I did not took a lots.

China - rice
America - com, beans, squash
Africa - yams, millet