Today in class we took notes on Early River Valley Civilizations and their government, interactions with the environment, and about science and technology. Hammurabi's code which was the first set of laws that made people responsible for their actions. Talking about laws and what is fair and unfair then started a debate about why people are poor and if they are poor because of luck or because they did something wrong. I personally think that if you are poor there is a reason. Many people that live on the streets in the city spend the majority of their money on drugs and thats what their priority is. If someone is born into a poor family then they can work hard to get out of it. For example, you could work hard, get an athletic scholarship to a college, get and education and work. If you are born into a rich family but are lazy you won't keep a job and eventually will run out of money.
Today in class we reviewed for our test on Egypt: Upper Egypt- 500 mile long strip of fertile land along the nile (mountain area) Lower Egypt- Wide land of the nile delta (sea level) In 3100 BC Narmer united Egypt Pharaoh is king and god- all powerful Egyptians relied on harmony and balance of the universe which they call "maat" gods were portrayed with animal heads or bodies people in Egypt believed in after life called ka they preserved bodies with mummification Earliest Egyptian writing formed in 3100 bc and were small pictures known as hieroglyphics papyrus- paper Papyrus was stored in scrolls and were books of ancient Egypt Jean François Champollion discovered hieroglyphics Egyptian astronomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the seasonal cycles wooden sailboats were constructed to increase transportation ability on the nile- technological breakthrough British archaeologist who discovered tutankhamon's tom in ...
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