2.27.15

Today in west civ we took a test on ancient Egypt. Mr. Schick is grading them right now. I don't think I failed but it was kind of hard. There were a lot more details on the Nile River then I thought there would be, but I knew some of them. I got a 92 on the test so I'm pretty happy about that. Yay

2.26.15

1. The Nile River floods every _________ and leaves behind rich soil in _________.

(July, October)

2. Which of the following did the Egyptians NOT grow?

       a) wheat

       b) barley

       c) squash

       d) lentils  

3. Pyramids were typically made out of mud bricks, granite, or __________. 

(limestone) 

4. Which of the following is true about the ancient Egyptian writing?

       a) they wrote in hieratic script and hieroglyphs

       b) they made the exact english alphabet we have today

       c) they created paper from sago trees

       d) they drew very detailed and three dimensional pictures

5. Describe the pharaohs and how people saw them.

       The Pharaoh was an all powerful god-king to the Egyptians. He/she was worshipped as a god and intimately connected to other major gods and goddesses. Pharaohs had multiple wives and all routes to financial and social success were through the palace. When there were women pharaohs, they were able to inherit money, land, and divorce their husbands, though only a few ever wielded real political power. 

2.25.15

Today in west civ we went over the powerpoint on ancient Egypt. We started learning about the government by a god-king known as the Pharaoh. Pharaohs are the highest power in Egypt. They had multiple wives, and all routes to financial success were through the palace. Egyptian believed in an afterlife where all the (higher powered) souls go and justify themselves at the point of death and be sent to an after-world paradise, where as others will be eaten by a monster. The earliest form of Egyptian writing was from 3100 BC. They used small pictures to show religious words, parts of a word, or maybe a sentence which were called hieroglyphs. Egyptians learned to make paper and form them into scrolls. The paper they used was called papyrus. The astronomers created a calendar with a full 365 days and they used the calendar to separate the seasons so they would know when the river was going to flood, the best time for planting, etc. The doctors knew all about human anatomy and they write down things about certain health issues, they created potions, and even made cures. Wooden sailboats were made to navigate the Nile River easier.

2.24.15

Today in west civ we built pyramids online with our partners. My partner was Chesca. It took really long to do the pyramids because to successfully build it you had to get every factor right. Those included building material, where you build it, workers, taking care of the workers, the angle, and many more. It was also a challenge to navigate through through the Nile because there were crocodiles, grass, and land masses that we ran into a lot. Chesca finally figured it out and won the game. We were the third to successfully complete the pyramid, so we got a B which I am pretty happy about. It was very stressful but in the end it was fun and I'm glad we got to do that.

2.21.15

3500 years ago, Egypt broke out in wealth and power. The main cause of this was because of the architecture that they improved upon with the help of gold and gold mines. Digging for gold was a very important discovery. Gold gave the Egyptians wealth, power, and money which they could do just about anything with.

Having been along the Nile River, Egyptians had a huge advantage. They used the annual flooding to help grow crops. The second best technological advance was when they started to build dykes to control the water flow to where it would help farming. It continued farming and agriculture in Egyptian life.

Writing is the third most important development. It allowed education to expand and was the main cause job development. Egyptians wrote mainly in hieroglyphics and hieratic. It also made communication possible and it set the hierarchy.

Medicine and the discovery of human anatomy is the fourth most important technological development. Much of it was based on spiritual means along with myth and legend. They were the first to have actual physicians and doctors compared to medicine men that only used remedies based on belief.

Finally, astronomy. The Egyptians knew the years, months, and days all around and they were very aware of time in general. They used the patterns of the stars and the sun to figure out time. This continued over many years and led us to where we are today. The times of day also influenced how they built buildings in certain directions (towards or away from the sun).

2.19.15

Today in west civ we took notes on the prezi which we already took notes on cyberday. I'm not going to write them again because they're on my blog already. I have nothing else to say because that's all we did and I have all the notes.

2.18.15

I don't know if we have to blog today but I am. We would usually have class today because it's wednesday, but we went by a monday schedule.