1/27/15

Today we had a test and i don't know how i did.I hope i did good, but i only had one day to study for it.

Cyber Day

Mostly all Egyptians lives are centered around the _______.    Nile

The Nile floods every ________.    July

The Spinx is __________.   A womans head and a lions body


The pyramids were made out of _____.  Limestone


Who was the woman who served as a pharoah?

2/25/15

Today in class we did a pyramid game. In the pyramid game the goal was to accomplish building a pyramid. Skylar and I finished first. I basically just guessed the whole thing. It was sorta self- explanatory. Skylar and I got A's. I am very happy because this is going to raise my grade.

Today in class we watched a video.

• In 802 A.D the youngest son of Harun Al Ashid set camp at the base of the Pyramid of Kias.
• He came with hundreds of stone masons, engineers and architects.  
• Scribes said all of this lied behind the stone plates of the Great Pyramid.
• Lifting the stone provides a secret passage to the grave.
• He hacked a tunnel through the pyramid but found nothing.
• His quest was to find the pharaohs treasure

The second video was about mummification. All organs were removed. Body was covered with salt for about 40 days. Oils were rubbed on the body. The mummy was placed on a wooden board. A pouch was placed on the test. A cloth was wrapped around the mummy.

• Ancient Egypt lasted from 3000 B.C. to 332 B.C. 
• Nile shaped world view for Egypt
• Nile- one of the safest and richest agriculture areas in the world at that time
• planting was very easy
• Egyptian communities existed ONLY along the Nile

Government by a God-King

• Pharaoh was all powerful, worshipped as a god, and intimately connected to other Egyptian Gods
• Egyptians relied on the balance of the universe
• Pharaohs had multiple wives, all routes to their financial and social success was through the palace
• Women could inherit money and land, they could divorce their husbands, though only a few ever wielded any real political power

Gods, Humans, Everlasting Life

• Gods were often portrayed with animal heads or bodies
• Egyptians believed in an afterlife and mummified bodies to preserve them for this port-death journey
• All souls would need to justify themselves at the point of death and would either be sent to an after-world paradise or the jaws of a monster

The Writing of the Words of god

• Earliest Egyptian writing was formed c. 3100 B.C. and were small pictures known as hieroglyphs
• Hieroglyphs represented religious words or parts of words
• Hieratic script was shorthand developed by scribes/priests
• Hieratic script was usually written in ink on papyrus
• Papyrus was stored in scrolls

Calendars and Sailboats

• Egyptians astronomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the seasonal cycles
• Due to their excellent knowledge of human anatomy, doctors wrote extensively on health issues an created potions and cures for a number of common ailments
• Wooden sailboats were constructed to increase transport ability on the Nile

Pyramids and Temples

• The pyramids were massive stone tombs, originally covered in marble but the marble was later stripped off during Muslim conquest
• Stone sculptures and interior painting depicted humans and gods in a series of regulated poses, they had no perspective and looked very flat, they were highly effective

2/20/15

The Calender: If they didn't have the calendar then they would never know what day it was/ when the Nile was going to flood

Medicine: The invention of medicine is very important, it helped the Ancient Egyptians with saving lives like it does now in modern days

Pyramids: The pyramids helped by conquering their neighbors and built an empire that stretched from Syria to Sudan

Eye Makeup: This helped them by helping them to keep the sun out of their eyes. We still use makeup today also.

Sun Cocks & Water Clocks: they measured the passage of hours. The device divided a sunlit day into 10 part plus 2 twilight hours in the morning and evening.

2/18/15

Today in class we went over all the answers for the test. I am going to save the test so that I can remember and study it for exams at the end of the year.

2/12/15

Today in human geo Mr. Schick wasn't there. We had no sub either. We all finished taking notes on the powerpoint.

2/11/15

Today we took notes.
Geography

Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River

·      The Nile River flows from South to North

·      Cataracts – water is rocky and rough

·      Water from the Nile was used for irrigating, for bathing, and for transportation

·      Every July it floods (snow melts/ rain water)

·      Every October it leaves behind rich soil

·      The delta is a broad, marshy triangular area of fertile soil

·      Managing the river required technological breakthrough irrigation

Pyramids

The Great Sphinx of Giza

·      Built 2555-2532 BC

·      The Sphinx is a recumbent lion with s human’s head

·      The oldest monumental statue in the world

Daily Life

  Pyramidal Society: Pharaoh, Government officials – Nobles and Priests, Soldiers, Scribes, Merchants, Artisans, Farmers, Slaves and Servants

·      Slaves and Servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties

·      Farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions – benefitted irrigation of the Nile

·      Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes to the afterlife

·      Merchants eventually used the money/barter system – merchants might accept bags of grain for payment – later, coinage came about

2/9/15

Today in west civ we had a test. The test was multiple choice, I am not really sure how i did. I hope i do really good because i need to boost my grade.

2/5/15

Today we completed watching the whole movie. I don't have very many notes because there wasn't that much of the movie we watched.

2/4/15

Today in class we watched the movie again. We mainly talked about domesticated animals. There are 14 domesticated animals. They are goats, sheep,pigs,cows, horse, donkey, bactrcian camels, Arabian camels, water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yaks, mithons, and balie cattle.

2/2/15

Today I was not in class. I was sick.