Today in class we continued to watch the video Guns, Germs, and steel. We learned about how wheat gave the Middle East advantages because unlike plants in Papua New Guinea, wheat was easy to find and easy to store for a long time. People then began to domesticate plants by planting them instead of them naturally growing. People started to control plants and when and where they would grow. This way they could always have food near them. Like they domesticated plants, they then learned that instead of killing animals like goats, they could domesticate them and use them to their advantage. With domesticating animals you could get milk, meat, coats out of their fur, and with bigger animals like donkeys or horses, you could use their power and muscles to farm and plow.
Day 7
Day 7 Discuss this topic: The United States is declining, like the Roman Empire did. You may agree or disagree, but give a solid reason. I believe that in some ways the Unites States is declining, like the Roman Empire but in other ways the United States is doing well. I think that for the United States, our education and military is doing well, but our health and government is declining. The United States has many public schools which makes it easy for everyone to get a basic education. I think that having knowledgeable people is something that is needed to keep our government from declining. With out education, we might have made the same mistakes as the Romans did back then. Our health is a big concern that could cause the U.S. over all to decline. Health is important to keep everyone doing well. If Rome didn't have the strong healthy leaders they had, they would not have done as well. The Untied States tries to make things easier for peop...
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