Class of 2/11/11

Pharaohs and Pharisees
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• Life of Pharaohs was filled with power, glory, murder, deceit and mystery.
• King Tut is one of the most famous Pharaohs.
• Pharaohs were considered to be both divine deities as well as mortal rulers.
• 170 or more rulers ruled over Egypt during a 3,000 year time span.
• The most powerful person in Ancient Egypt
• The pharaoh was the political and religious leader of Egypt, holding the titles "Lord of Two Hands" and "High Priest of every Temple."
• As the "Lord of Two Hands" the Pharaoh was the ruler of upper and lower Egypt. He owned all the land, and collected taxes.
• As the high priest of every temple the pharaoh represented the gods on Earth, and built temples and preformed rituals to honor the gods.
• The title of "Pharaoh" actually comes to us from the Greek language and its use in the Old Testament. Meaning House.
• The first real king of Egypt ruling over the unified land, was Menes, who would have ruled Egypt around 3100 BC
• In death, the pharaoh would become one with Osiris, god of the dead, passing on his sacred powers to his son, the new pharaoh, would then represent Osiris' son Horus.
• Pharaohs spent most of their time preparing for death, because they believed in the after life. 
• Many Pharaohs went to war when their land was threatened or they wanted to control foreign lands. 
• Pharaohs were buried with their most prized possessions to take to the after life.
• Several women ruled as pharaohs of Egypt.
• Three great non-consort queens of Egypt Hatshepsut, Sobeknefru, and Twosret, Hatshepsut and possibly others took the title pharaoh in the absence of an existing word for "Queen Regnant"
• The pharaoh also wore a striped headcloth called the nemes.
• The Egyptians saw the pharaoh as the mediator between the realm of the gods and the realm of humans.
• The royal apron is entirely covered with fine accordion pleating

Class of 2/10/11

In class today we took a test.

Essay for test 2/10/11

     When Jared Diamond went to Papua New Guinea he met a man named Yolley. Yolley asked him a short but hard to answer question, "Why you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little." Yolley's question was really about the roots on inequality. Why have some societies progressed so much more than others? Jared Diamond got so interested, he had to know more.


    Papua New Guineans are just as intelligent as other people in different societies. They are just as hard workers as anyone else. They are just as self reliant as anyone else but they still live like they did 40,000 years ago. Papua New Guineans didn't have the same tools at their disposal in the beginning. The Middle East had a major breakthrough in technology. They made fire, which helped make plaster, and soon steel. Why hadn't Papua New Guineans made plaster or steel yet? Jared Diamond couldn't understand why they were working as if they did 40,000 years ago.


   Jared Diamond finally figured it out. He realized that the reason Papua New Guineans are still working like they did 40,000 years ago was because of Geographic Luck. Papua New Guineans don't have all the resources, they live on an island. They don't have other countries as close to them as others. Papua New Guineans don't have the animals to pull a plow, or help them work in other ways. Since they don't have the animals to do that, they are worried about when they are gonna get food. So they are stuck working for their food. Other countries learned how to domesticate animals. The domesticated animals would pull plows, be used for food, wool, and their hydes. In new guinea people never used plows because they didn't have animals, the only domesticated animal was the pig. Pigs get you meat but not milk, wool, leather, or hyde's, they can't pull plows. The only muscle power in New Guinea is the people.


    Other counties, like the U.S.A, started becoming more modern because England brought over  animals, and food, and their culture. Than we learned how to weave, build fire, use steel, and other important things. People in New Guinea didn't advance for thousands of years because they were too busy feeding themselves until the Europeans took them over. They were easily conquered because they didn't have anything to fight back with. The towns of Papa New Guinea has become more modern, but they still are in a gap. They are progressing fast, but they still aren't as modern as most societies. 

Class 2/8/11

Today in class we reviewed the movie. After the movie we got in groups of three and made a power point. The power point is our Papua New Guinea today. 

• It doesn't make sense to domesticate an animal that can't reproduce or mature till 15. 
• The zebra could be an ideal domesticate animal, but evolving in Africa's great predators. They became nervous and viscous. This is why zebra's can not be domesticated.
• South America only had one ancestor/ llama. 
• Asia, North Africa, Europe, is where some animals came from. 
• Calves, pigs, sheep, and goats are from the middle east.
• Plaster is what you made your home out of.
• Plaster is very time consuming, expensive, and effort consuming.
• Making plaster from limestone was a major technological breakthrough. 
• Making fire was a breakthrough because then people figured out how to make steel.
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Class of 2/4/11

We watched the movie, and talked about the domesticated animals. 


Where the animals came from: South America had llamas, Australia had none, All the other 13 were from Asia. 
A surplus is more supply than demand, as in extra resources.
Specialized labor is when other people have jobs other than hunting, farming, or gathering.
villages grew bigger more people than that means more food and developing new skills and technologies. 
making plaster from limestone was a major breakthrough
making fire was the first steep towards steel.
places like new guinea never developed new ways they are still working like they did many centuries ago.
people in new guinea didn't advance for thousands of years because they were too busy feeding themselves until the Europeans took them over. They were easily conquered because they didn't have anything to fight back with.
Most of the villages of the Fertile Cresant (middle of a huge landmass) died out, economy too fragile, and climate too dry, little water. The entire community was forced to move on. Wherever they went they transformed human societies. In the 16th century the Europeans took the crops and animals to the new world. They brought over their farming and industrializations. 
The towns of Papa New Guinea has become more modern, but they still are in a gap.
Geography is the reason Papa New Guinea has not developed as our society. 

Class of 2/3/11

In the Middle East 11,12,13 thousand years ago they started growing their own plants and storing them.
They learned how to domesticate animals they use the animals hair and milk. Hyde's.
After the harvest the animals would eat the rest of the harvest, and the animal would fertilize the new harvest.
Goats and sheep were the first to be domesticated in the ancient world.
Pigs and cows, frogs, some elephants, horses, camels, monkeys, hipos,
The invention of the plow was very helpful, most powerful machine on the planet at that time. Before animals domesticated you hacked up the ground in rows by yourself. Now they use the animals. Better use of people.
In new guinea people never used plows because they didn't have animals, the only domesticated animal was the pig. Pigs get you meat but not milk, wool, leather, or hyde's, they can't pull plows. The only muscle power in New Guinea is the people.
To domesticate an animal they need to get along with people.
148 are big enough to be domesticated but only 14
goats
sheep
pigs
cows
horses
donkeys
camels and other camels
bali cattle
water buffalo
llamas
reindeer
yacks
mythans

Class of 2/2/11

Today in class we watched a movie on Guns, Germs and Steel, I left early for a dentist app.
Notes:
Jared Diamond went to Papa New Guinea to study birds. But he got interested in the way people live there.
Yolleys question was really about the roots on inequality, and question as old as human self. Why has some societies to progressed more than some other.