From Prehistry to Civilization

Language, Religion, Art, Technology, Farming, Family Life, and village communities-- all these basic features of human existence originated in prehistoric times. Prehistory is the period before history was recorded through written documents. The temple of Amon was constructed in 1600 BC. This is the world largest religious building today. Paleolithic Age is the earliest prehistoric period. People started developing tools. By 8000 B.C. they had advanced so far in southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa, This was the Neolithic Age. Before people started advancing, hunting and gathering was the only way to get food. The agricultural revolution is when people started planting food, and taming animals. This began in the fertile crescent. Potery making was a major advance during the agricultural revolution. This was called the Neolithic Storage Jar. Polythiesm is when people believe in more than one God. Sumer an are between the tigris and Euphrates rivers advanced a lot during the agricultural revolution. Sorry I wasn't able to finish my notes because I am going on the ski trip this weekend.

1/28/2014

Today in class we reviewed what we learned yesterday. We learned about the worlds first epic, "Epic of Gilgamesh. It was a story about a great flood. We learned more about Sumer. And about King Hammurabi's laws. One example of these laws is law number 22, the law about stealing, I think is very harsh because it says if anyone gets caught steeling, then they are executed. I think this is harsh because stealing is a crime but I think the penalty should be less severe so that they stop stealing but still should live. Another example is if one steals a minor son of another, they shall be put to death. This law also seems harsh because I don't think that by killing them that will solve the problem. Another example is number 210, If the woman die, his daughter shall be put to death. I think this law is also wrong because the mans daughter did nothing wrong so she shouldn't get the penalty, they should give a penalty to the man that killed the woman. These laws were meant for things to be equal but I don't think they were very equal or fair.

1/27/2014

Today in western civ we learned about many things. We learned what the western world was (Europe and The Americas). We learned what prehistoric means, before things were getting written down. Some other things we learned about are the Paleolithic age (old stone age), the Neolithic age (New stone age). The Neolithic age is when people began making tools, and people were advancing. We also learned about the Agriculture Revolution, Invention of wheel and plow, Mesopotamia and Sumer.

First Day in Western Civ

Today was my first day in western civ. We learned about how to make a blog, and how we have to post blogs every day. Our class was pretty short because of the two hour delay we had this morning. We had a two hour delay because of "extreme temperature". It was very cold this morning.

Western Civ First Blog

This is my first post for my Western Civ Blog.