2/27

Today in class we took a test on Ancient Egypt. The other class go an average of 70 something but I thought I did lot better than that, I hope. I didn't know we had this test because I didn't look at Mr. Schick's blog yesterday. I didn't look at it because we don't have class on Thursday's but hopefully I did okay.

2/25

• around 3100 BC the two lands were united under a single king or Pharaoh
• Pharaoh was all powerful worshipped as a god and intimately connected to the other major Egyptian god and goddesses
• Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe, which they called "maat"
• Pharaohs had multiple wives
• women could inheret money and land and could divorce their husbands, though ony a tiny few every wielded real political power
• earliest Egyptians writing formed c. 3100 BC and were small pictures known as hieroglyphs
• hieroglyphs represented religious words, or parts of words, and most commonly adorned temples
• hieratic script was a shorthand developed by scribes and priests
• papyrus, the precursor to paper, was stored in scrolls 
• Egyptians astronomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the seasonal cycle
• wooden sailboats were constructed to increase transport ability on the Nile
• the pyramids were massive stone tombs originally covered in marble but the marble was later stripped off during the muslim conquet

2/24

Today in class we played a game. It was not just a normal game, it was a game that took my brain and turned it inside out. In the game, we had to build a pyramid, choose the workers, choose the food they were going to be fed, the angle, and the land we were going to build on. This game made my brain hurt, literally. But at least I got a B!

2/23

Today in class we watched three videos about Ancient Egypt. The first video was about the pyramids and what was inside of them and the different passage ways in them. Scientist have been studying these pyramids for a very long time and have found every room and every passage way. The pharaoh's wife's room was very small while the pharaoh's room was quite large.

The second video we watched today was about the mummification process. First you soak it in salt for 40 days. This mummy was named heraclities. the heart was removed from the body, but the lungs stayed. Second step was different oils, than thick resin, which stuck the strips of linen to the body. He was placed on a wooden board. Then more resin and more rappings bounded them together. Then a pouch wa splaced on the chest. Then a mummifies ivus was put on the abdomin. Then strips covered those two things than a pannel of himself was placed where his head would be than rapped him in linen. Then the rare treatment of red cloth on him. this means he was very special and would keep him safe.

In the last video, the guy pretty much just talked about the daily life of Egyptians. The Nile River was the best thing to ever happen for the Egyptians. It gave them water to drink, to bathe in, great soil to plant crops, etc. Farming was extremely easy for the Egyptians. Every July the river would flood and then after the flood the soil would be amazing for farming. There was an old kingdom (2649-2152 BCE), the middle kingdom (2040-1640 BCE), and the new kingdom (1550-1070 BCE)

2/20

The Egyptians were the first people to do/invent many important things. Below are  a few of them:

The Egyptians had great breakthroughs in medicine. they were the first to have physicians and doctors. They found out that you cant be healed off the god you believed in and couldn't be done by magicians.

The Egyptians were the first ones to discover a plow. They would connect it to some sort of animal and a heavy weight on it to dig in while the animal is plowing the soil.

The Egyptians were one of the first people to start telling time. They knew the time because of the even shadow lengths which they called noon, meaning half of the day. When the sun was straight up in the sky it was noon.

The Egyptians contributed to a lot of the discoveries in astronomy. Astronomy was a part of their system of keeping time. They would use the stars to help them out also.

They were the first ones to invent the calender. They were so technical on their time period and wanted to be the first ones to start the real time of the world. they would have seasons and different months

2/18

In class today, we went back over the Prezi that we had to go over yesterday and take notes on for Cyber Day. All of the notes are on my last blog, but when we were going over it today I knew almost everything and felt very comfortable with the material. Mr. Schick cleared up a few things for me and explained a bunch of stuff that I didn't pick up on when I was going over the Prezi by myself.

2/17

Ancient Egypt
Geography-

• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
• Nile flows south to north which is abnormal
• longest river in the world- 4000 miles 
• EVERY July the river floods

Pyramids-

• the Great Sphinx of Giza- built 2555-2532 BC
• a recumbent lion with a human's head
• oldest monument statue in the world 

Daily Life-

• raised wheat, barley, lentils, and onions
• benefited from irrigation of the Nile
• money/ barter system was used
• scribes kept records, told stories, and wrote poetry
• they wrote in hieroglyphs and in hieratic 
• soldiers used wooden weapons 
• the upper class was known as the "white kilt class"

Pharaohs-

•  pharaoh was ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt
• owned all land
• Hatshepsut was a woman who served as pharaoh

 Gods and Godesses-

• over 2000
• they "controlled" the lives of humans

2/11

Ancient Egypt
Geography-

• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River
• Nile flows south to north which is abnormal
• longest river in the world- 4000 miles 
• EVERY July the river floods

Pyramids-

• the Great Sphinx of Giza- built 2555-2532 BC
• a recumbent lion with a human's head
• oldest monument statue in the world

2/9

In class today, the class took a test. I did not take the test because I was absent all week last week but I am taking the test tomorrow because I got notes and I am watching the YouTube video tonight. Hopefully I will do well on the test.

2/6

I was not in class today because I was sick

2/4

I was not in class again today because I am still sick. Hopefully I will be in school tomorrow and Friday.

2/3

I will not be in class today because I am still sick. Hopefully I will be there tomorrow!

2/2

I was not in class today because I am sick.