Tuesday

Most people moving to rural areas are the nobles, taking with them people they need.
Decline of learning
Tribes had oral tradition but couldn't read Greek or Latin.
Few besides priest were literate.
Romance languages evolve, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian.
Germanic warriors loyalty is to the lord of the manor, he provides them with food weapons and treasure
No orderly government, small communities rule.
Clovis rules the Germanic people of Gaul known as the franks
in 496 he has a battlefield conversion- he and 3000 of his warriors become Christians.
the church in rome likes this
by 511 the franks are united into one kingdom with clovis and the church working as partners.
Church+Frankis rulers rise in Christianity
In 520 benedict writes rules for monks
vows of poverty (live simply in monasteries)
chastity (no marital relations)
obedience (listen to church superiors)
His sister scholastic writes similar rules for nuns

Monday

Germanic Kingdoms unite under Charlemagne
Main Idea: Many Germanic kingdoms that succeeded the Roman Empire were reunited under Charlemagne's empire.
Why it matters now:
Charlemagne spread Christian civilization throughout northern Europe which is where many of us came from.
Setting the stage
Middle Ages= Medieval period
500-1500 AD
medieval Europe is fragmented
A. Invasions trigger changes in western Europe
1. Invasions and constant warfare spark new trends
a. Disruption of trade
 I. Europe's cities are no longer economic centers
 II. Money is scarce
b. Downfall of cities
 I. Cities are no longer centers of administrations
C. Population shifts
 I. Nobles retreat to the rural areas
II cities don't have strong leadership
2. Decline of learning
a. Germanic invaders are illiterate but they communicate through oral tradition
b. Only priest and church officials could read and write
c. Knowledge of Greek (and literature, science, philosophy) is almost lost
3. Loss of a common language
a. Dialect develop in different regions
b. By the 800s French,Spanish, other Roman-based languages are evolving from Latin
1. The concept of government changes.
a. Roman society: loyal to public gov't
b. German society: loyal to family
I. Germanic chief led warriors
ii during peace he provided food weapons treasure a place to live
III during wartime, warriors fought for the lord
c The king, who's that. you want to collect taxes from me? who the heck are you
d. Franks live in the roman province of Gaul their leader is Clovis
B. Germanic kingdoms emerge
2. The franks under Clovis
a. another battlefield conversion
b. clovis and 3000 of his warriors are baptized by the bishop
c. The church in Rome approves of this alliance
d. clovis and the church begin to work together
a simpe equation
clovis' military expertise+the church's support and money= strategic alliance
1. 511 AD clovis unites franks into one kingdom
2. 600 AD church+frankish rulers convert many
3. fear of muslims in southern Europe spur many to become Christians
4. monasteries and convents
a. 520 AD- benedict wrote the rules for monks and monasteries
I poverty, chastity, obedience, study
b. His sister scholastica did the same for nuns in convents
c. the venerable bede wrote a killer history of England
d. monks opened schools, maintained libraries, and copied books
5. Pope Gregory I expands papal power
a. papacy=pope's office
b secular power= worldly power
c. So under Gregory the great
Papal power is political power
d. The church can use church money to raise armies repair roads help the poor.
e. Gregory the great began to act as Mayor of rome and as head of an earthly kingdom. (Christendom)

Monday

Two Emperors
Diocletian
He rules from 284-303
He persecutes Christain
Rome needs a big army (400,000 strong)
Rome needs a big government (20,000) officials

Constantine
Rules from 306-337
He doesn't persecute Christians
Conversion to Christianity
313- his Edict of Milan proclaims freedom of worship
Built a new capital in the East.
Byzantium soon to be known as Constantinople

Byzantine was easier to control/more secure and richer.
More trade routes, less barbarians

It's called the Edict of Milan because the two Emperors Constantine and Licinius were debating in Milan. It recognized the Christians and tolerated their religion and let them worship. It also returned the property that had been confiscated from them.
Life in the fourth century
Country dwellers are getting bankrupted by endless tax collection
new farming system: Peasants work for elite landlords on large farms.
Peasants can avoid paying taxes but they are getting hit just as hard by the land lords.
paying off debts and being allowed to live on the land in exchange for endless back breaking work
Landowners hold local power as counts and bishops wielding more real power than the faraway empire.
foreshadowing feudalism.
The western Empire crumbles
Rome's power is decreasing while nomadic barbarians gain power.
Western Empire is too poor, begins to be neglected
Huns migrate from China to eastern Europe
Visigoths take over Spain and actually capture and loot Rome itself in 410
Vandals control Carthage and the western Mediterranean
Other barbarian tribes:
Ostrogoths in Italy
Franks in Gaul
Angles and Saxons in Britain.

End of an Era
From the beginnings:
500 BC- the monarchy is abolished
450 BC- the twelve tables are established
through the glory days:
44 bc - end of the line for Julius Caesar
27 BC-180 AD- the roman Peace (pax romana)
to the bitter end..
constant fifth century invasions by barbarian tribes left the Western Empire shattered and crumbling
The last emperor was a teenage boy installed in 475 by his father
Barbarians deposed Romulus Augustulus without bothering to kill him.

Friday Notes

Jesus spends three years preaching then is killed by Roman leaders.
Saul the persecutor becomes Paul spreading Jesus' message.
Christianity evolves from cult status to established official structure.
Christians are monotheistic (one god)
this conflicted with Roman beliefs
persecution was common
Constantine has a battlefield conversion.
He issues the Edict of Milan.
During the roman peace era, Pax Romana the christian religion began to spread rapidly.
It was an empire wide religion.
The empire was helping people outside of italy and gave Barbarians wealth, citizenship, and many other luxurys
As a result of this Barbarian armies became militarily stronger and so Rome had to build up their army. Eventually the cost and weight of the army caused Rome to collapse with the Barbarian attacks and the Empire broke up.

Tuesday

Latins (they came first and settled Rome)
Etruscans
Greeks
Tarquin the proud
After Tarquin is gone it became a Republic
Patricians are noble rich
Plebians are poor
Senate- group of 300 men rich, deciding laws
Consuls were elected for 1 year
Tribunes control the Plebian council.
The twelve tables were posted in the public form and they are a big list of laws.
The roman republic serves as a model for the Constiution of the US.
Why could only the rich serve?
Members were not paid but worked their way up from low ranking magistrates to higher ones.
Forum is romes political center

Monday 5/5/14

The Roman Empire
The first emperor, Octavian - AKA Caesar Augustus
Pax Romana, Roman peace.
Made a lot of reforms.
He ruled all the way to his natural death, age 76.
From Jesus to Christianity.
Jesus was a Roman citizen and practicing Jew.
Paul is instrumental in telling the world about Jesus' life death ressurection and message.
He travels far and wide: Cyprus, anatolia, Athens, Corinth, Macedonia, Rome, Jerusalem, and maybe even Spain and Britain.
Caligula, had a good start but slowly turned insane in the end
He started by granting bonuses to those in the military, declaring treason trials a thing of the past, and made government spending a matter of public record.
He began to fight with the Senate.
He claimed to be a god and had statues displayed in many- including the Jewish temple.
He slept with other men's wives and bragged about it, indulged in too much spending in sex, and even tried to make his horse a consul.
Cladius became the next Emperor and he had Cerebal palsy.
Christianity and Judaisn: monotheistic.
Persecution of Christains
Romans were harsh toward those who would not worship the Emperor.
Especially Christains who were viewed as followers of a new, upstart religion

Friday

Romans approved of Caesar but there remained the core resistance which was the Senate
Their concern deepened in 44 B.C when he secured a vote from the Senate to become dictator for life
Caesar never ruled by terror like Sulla but he showed no sign of giving up his position like he did. On the contrary he raised himself even higher permitting a religious cult to be established in his honour and wearing the ancient purple robes of Roman Kings. In the view of the Senate, Caesar had become a greek style tyrant, and there was a traditional and honorable way of getting rid of tyrants. On the ides of march  Caesar appeared in the Senate house unarmed and unguarded according to his custom, and a crowd of senators struck him down with their daggers. Caesar's murder did not restore the Republic, rather, it started a series of Civil war and War Lords. The main contenders were Mark Antony, Brutus and Cassius, and Octavian Caesar. Mark Antony and Octavian were rival loyalist of Caesar and managed to attract some of Caesar's legions, which they used to fight a brutal war against each other in Italy. Then however, they joined forces and defeated Cassius and Brutus in battle in Greece. They restored the Republic but had the Senate declare Caesar a divine being. Soon after Octavians triumph at Actium the senateawarded him with the title Augustus (Revered one). Now that he was a supreme ruler Augustus intended to stay in power, reconstruct the failed goverment of the Roman city-state and keep its empire together.Unlike Sulla and Caesar Augustus refused to take the title of dictator and rather referred to himself simply as "princeps" (first citizen). By arrangment in 27 bc the senate named Augustus commander in chief, or Imperator. Augustus of course also allowed religious cults to be established in his name. This led to a string of "god" emperors, and one ruler named Vespasian, who was know for his cynical sense of humor, is supposed to have said on his death bed, "Oh no, I think I'm turning into a god!. Augstus also expanded Roman territory quite considerably. In the end, Augustus brought two hundred years of Peace with his goverment and some military reforms known as "Pax Romana" the era of Roman Peace.

Tuesday Notes

The senate had decided to kill Caesar.
He got stabbed to death by Senators
Augustus the first Emperor
Begins the Pax Romana- a Period of peace and prosperity
Jesus was a Roman citizen.
Statements like My kingdom is not of this world made the Romans And Jews nervous.

Monday Notes

Proletarian- In ancient Rome, a property less but voting class.
With the change of Rome's society and politics of its armies their commanders also changed. Instead of the farmer soldiers of the old it was now landless and property less proletarians who were drafted to fill the ranks of the legions.
Rome's soldiers were now "semi professional"
Many soldiers were in it for the money
Julius Caesar collaborated with Pompey and Crassus. They formed a triumvirate (three man board)
Caesar won an appointment as proconsul of a province that included the southern regions of Gaul.
Caesar had conquered most of Gaul and made some small progress in Britain and Germany.
He now has a lot of land and an elite army personally loyal to him
Rubicon was the border where Caesar had to decide to not take his army or disband them and go with a small force because the senate ordered him not to as he was gaining too much personally glory
Caesar had pretty much taken over taking control of all the government .

Notes

Roman Legion -5000 people
Infantry and Cavalry
80 centurions to a legion
First two Punic wars won by Rome, third punic war is Rome eliminating Carthage once and for all

Monday

Gracchi brothers were elected to the assembly.
They tried to make everything good for the poor
Everyone is expected to fight in the wars.
Gracchus brothers tried to get rich to give back some poor their land.
One of the brothers got murdered by a senator with a chair and throw into the river.

Notes:
Carthage was founded by Phoenician colonist and their influence started spreading to different regions. It soon became that Carthage formed their own nation, consisting of nations around Africa.
There were three different wars, the first and third in which Rome were successful and the second in which Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian general nearly defeated Rome. Overall Carthage lost because they required Mercenaries and Rome only required their citizens which they could draft.

Friday

Today in class we went over stuff in the textbook. We just underlined stuff and it was a good review I guess. I will copy my notes onto my blog later on. It was a tad bit boring in class but I enjoyed hearing about the Romans. So far this unit has been starting off slow. I did  see something about the Roman Army in the next pages so hopefully we got onto stuff that interest me. Anyways, looking forward to this chapter.

Wed 4/2/14

Some notes:
The three parts in the roman republic, Monarchy, democracy, aristocracy
United States is not a democracy it's a republic
Power is usually checked in democracys/republics by other people, like vetoing.
Those were basically the important notes. Any other stuff I already knew and I can remember on my own. Yeah, so far the chapter has been interesting. I look forward to learning some more stuff.

Monday 3/31/14

Today in class we reviewed our test.
I did pretty well with only getting three wrong and a 93. I feel that I did good and the problems I did get wrong were pretty fair.
The only wrong one I was a bit disappointed in was number 5 which was what C. 1500 (THE C)
meant and I put Circa. That's correct but there was another option where it was A, B, AND C, which was Around, Circa, and about.
Other than that I'd say I did pretty well.
Now onto the Learning Objective:
Before I start writing about rome let me say this, I am one who loves history. However I tend to focus my studies around the more war side of history, but I still learn plenty of things about the society and government itself.
Learning Objective Paragraph:
Anyways, Roman Government was an amazing thing. The book however, or atleast I did not see, fails to mention that the Roman Government was also extremely rocky at times. It went from going to a Republic, then it would turn back into the Roman Empire, then a republic again. Needless to say, there was an immense power struggle in Rome. In many cases, Consuls, who were of the highest position in the senate and either had government power, or military power (Like Caesar) would gain so much popularity that they would try and become Emperors. Everything wasn't all peachy in the senate either, as there would be corruption to get votes. For instance, handing common citizens(Plebians) gold or food in exchange for their vote. This was the more darker side of Roman Politics. Plebians could of course participate in government, but that's the same equivalent of me telling you that you can go out and make a million dollars. You could of course, but do you ever actually expect to make a million dollars? I've never heard of the sixth month term for making a Dictator in the Senate, so I guess that's something new I learned from the book. Anyways, I look forward to reading more about Rome and also sharing what my personal knowledge of Rome is. Please feel free to comment if I'm wrong because I do want to know if I'm correct or not.

Monday/Tuesday

Monday- Today we reviewed the quiz study guide. I feel this will be a hard quiz but we will have a word bank and eveyrthing so I feel it will be ok. As long as I remember most I can use process of elimination to figure out the rest. Anyways, today went well and I'm feeling good.

Tuesday- Today we watched a video, discussed about things and heard some stories. Basically it was a small review for the quiz tomorrow which I hope will go well. I am looknig foward to it simply because I want to get quiz's out of the way rather than have them loomnig over me and me getting worried whether or not I'll be able to pass it or not. So I like getting the bad stuff out of the way first.

Cyber day

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Greece?

      d. mostly fertile land

2. Approximately ___________ of Greece is covered by mountains.                b. 3/4                        

3. Define the term barbarian as it was originally used in the ancient world.

e.     The word came from the Greek "barbaros," which originally meant "Non-Greek."

4.     What defines a megalithic structure?

c.      Massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs

5.     What does the term tribe refer to?

a.      A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship

b.      A family-based group governed by a hereditary chieftain

c.       A clan-based group prior to the advent of city-states in the Greek world

d.      A group of warriors, related by blood, who are governed by a king or queen

e.      All of these(I chose e)

6. Tribes were governed by
1. Warrior kings or queens                                        d.  all of these(i chose d)Chieftains                                                                  e.  none of these
2. Tribal leaders chosen by warriors

7. Who were the first European barbarians to make contact with civilization?

 

1. Celts

8. Which of the following modern-day countries would NOT be considered a member of “Western civilization”?

 

1. China

9. What is the name of the sea located just west of the Greek mainland?
1. Mediterranean Sea                                                

10. What is the name of the sea located just east of the Greek mainland?

                                               

1. Aegean Sea                                                               

 

11. What were the major crops the Aegean people lived on?

 

1. Grain, vines, and olives

 

12. Which civilization arose on the island of Crete?

                                                             

1. Minoan                                                                     

 

13. Which civilization established settlements along the Greek mainland’s southern shore and on some islands?

 

1. Spartan 

14. Which civilization built massive walls to protect themselves from attack?
1. Mycenaean                                                          

 

15. A period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use, is called the
1. First Persian War                                                    d.  Dark Ages
2. Megalithic Destruction                                          e.  none of these(I chose e)
3. Collapse of Crete

16. Following this time period, the Greeks joined which group as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean?
1. Etruscans                                                     

 

17. In historical writing, the letter “c” might appear before a date, as in “c. 1500 BC.”  What does this “c” mean?

                                                                

1. circa

18. By 600 BC, Greek city-states dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea.  These were called
1. colonies                                                     

 

19. Although they varied in size, ancient Greek city-states most closely resembled what modern-day geographical feature?

                                                               

1. counties                                                                    

20.  This is a form of government in which a small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways.

                                                          c.  oligarchy

 

21. This is a form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens.
1. democracy                                                               

 

22. This is a form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator held power.

 

                                              d.  tyranny

23. This is a form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son.

 

1. monarchy                                                        

24. Spartans used this government system.

                                           c.  oligarchy

 

25. At what age did Spartan males begin their military training?
1. seven                                                                

 

26. What was the wealthiest city-state in the ancient Greek world?
1. Athens                                           

 

27. This was the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town.
1. Parthenon                                                        

 

28. This was the name of the southern peninsula where Sparta was located.

 

                                                  e.  Peloponnesus

 

29. These were massive fighting ships with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships.

 

                                                                     e.  triremes

 

30. This was a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece.

 

1. hoplite                                                                      

  

Short answer.    

1. You recall the time period when the Greek population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use.  What years did this period begin and end?
2. 1100–800 BC

2. During the time period when writing fell out of use, the poet Homer is said to have told stories of the Trojan War, and of a war hero attempting to return to his home.  What are the titles of these two stories?

The illiad and the oddysey

3. The word “Mediterranean” originally meant _____________________ .

it meant center of the world

4. What were prominent and long-established Athenian land-owners called?

nobility

 

Wednesday

We watched some more interesting stuff in Western Civ today. I'm going to be honest, my favorite subject is probably history. I like to take my interest beyond the text book and study all these nations, especially the war side of them mainly. So I really know a lot about them.
I know about the hoplites and their formations, I also know about the pikemen who used sarrisa's and held back the enemy. I also know about Macedon's Companion calvary and shield bearers.
If I had to talk about everything I knew, the list would probably go on for a long time (not trying to brag)
But yeah, I really like civilizations so really do like this class.
Hopefully ,although doubtfully, we'll get into really interesting times like Roman, the Crusades, ww1 or ww2.

Monday/Tuesday

On Monday we didn't have school so I have to write about what we did at our house. I can't make the video myself as my partner Eric is making it, but I'm helping him by finding sound, and video clips and also finding pictures. I asked him if theres anything else I need to find and he said he'll let me know. We're currently working on the commercial and we're doing Sparta. Eric is a good drawer so he's finishing the panels pretty well.


Tuesday:
On Tuesday we had a half day so class was considerably shorter. In fact, every class that day was pretty short in all honesty. But, it's better than another cyber day. And I would also gladly have a two hour delay more than any cyber day, so it works out for the best.  We tried to begin watching a video but it didn't exactly last long.

Monday

Today in class we, weren't in class.
Today we stayed home to work on our project which is a commercial sponsoring either Athens or Sparta. I like this assignment because I truly and honestly have a love for history. I just like learning about civilizations and usually go beyond studying from the text book. I like to learn about these different nations and periods in time by doing some of my own research, or playing games relating to the time period. Anyways, I hope to see everyone in school Tuesday.

Friday

In class today we learned that Mr Schick would not be here on Monday. We also had a few kids try to teach the class in place of Mr Schick but it didn't exactly turn out well. Let's just say there was a lot of yelling and a lot of aggravation from the "teacher" and the "students". Especially from a certain greek in the class who seemed to be agitated.
Anyways, class was fun today and I hope Mr Schick has fun at the museum on Monday.

notes

Barbarian- A term used to describe the  distinctive way of life based on farming warfare and tribal originization and tribal organization that became widespread in Europe.
Greeks were the first civilization in 800 BC

Wednesday

Today in class we received the answers to our test and I think I did ok. I can't remember for sure and I'm too lazy to check but I got somewhere in the 80's. Overall this week has been pretty relaxing it hasn't really gone fast but it seems like it has atleast. I look forward to our class on Friday and hope we're going to learn new stuff

Tuesday

Today in class we did the pyramid challenge, and it was pretty hard. I thought I was doing everything right but it was really just coming to the right percentages in the work force. I had figured it out and what the problem was, but I just couldn't figure out what it wanted. I made most of my workers farmers and a quarter craftsmen, and a few officials but it kept rejecting me. But, with luck on my side I finished just as the class ended and got a 16/20 I think, which is still better than a 14/20.

Monday

Notes from LO1:
The life of the basic European barbarian mainly consisted of farming. Farming and villages had spread throughout the continent and most villages were established. There were some wealthy people and the hierarchy of society was pretty much established. After the greeks recovered from the dark ages, they met many different civilizations. They learned how to use Iron tools and coinage and met civilizations like Babylon and Egypt and they learned of architechture from Egypt and in Babylon they figured out how to figure out the "will of the gods" by animal organs. The greeks went through all these different nations figuring out things and brought them back to their country. Sparta and Athens were extremely different because Athens was all commerce and near the sea, and its chief strength was its navy. Sparta was closed off and agricultural, and its chief strength was its army.

Cyber day 2 (did not realize we had a 2nd one)

Short answer A:
One technological advance was irrigation, they figured out how to make water from the flooding of the nile not go near their crops
The second advancment was paper, called papyrus which they wrote in it was really interesting
The third advancment is astronomy, like they made a 30 day month and a calendar.
Short Answer B:
First important feature of a pyramid is that it's triangular, and sealed off from the outside
The second important feature is that its really a giant tomb, so there could be traps or different corridors inside to hide the body from grave robbers
The third feature is that it's made of so many bricks and that it wasn't actually built by slave labor, people enjoyed building these giant buildings. its insane to think of how they built these buildings

Assignment

The Social Hierarchy of egypt was very simple. Ironically, you could even assemble it into a pyramid. Basically, I'll start out at the bottom. At the lowest of the lowest was the slaves, which did as their name suggest, slave work and intense work that was forceful. Above the slaves you had the farmers, which are normal civillians that just farm and go throughout their daily life. They would usually farm near the Nile River as this had the best soil. Above the farmers were Craftsmen, which made extremely useful things for the village/town.
 
         The craftsmen would make things such as urns and containers for things like grain and this was important for growth in Egypt. Above the craftsmen were soldiers which were well respected as they fought off the enemy and protected Egypt. There are many painting of soldiers and their chariots and they usually look brave and calm, as the people support them and like them. Above the soldiers were scribes which recorded extremely important things like the lives of pharaohs or other important events in Egypt. It was also important because this layed the foundation for many future generations as they wrote on something similair to paper called Papyrus

           Now on the top of the pyramid we're getting to Nobles and Priest. These guys were respected for their obvious wealth and holdings or in the priest case because they can communicate to the gods. Above these two is the Vizier which is an extremely high ranking politican. And we've got the big guy, the Phaoraoh which controls everything and is believed to be a demi god or able to communicate with the gods.

The Nile River was extremely important to Egyptian life as it not only provided sustinence for their daily life but also for crops and other things. The nile river was the main source of water and everything else around it was basically arid desert. This called for basically a line of villages and towns only to be formed near the Nile river.
 
     Every once in a while the Nile River would flood and the Egyptians made calendars based after this as they would know when the River would flood or when sometimes it would dry up. This also allowed the Egyptians to have a better sense of time overall and this was a great improvement in the step to humanity's development.  This was a great thing and I will talk about the Nile river's flooding more in next.

    Basically what the flooding also did was make the Egyptians invent a way to protect their crops from flooding. They knew when it was going to flood, so what were they going to do about it? This made the Egyptians invent irrigation, a way to use the flood water to help their crops or flood somewhere else away from them. This was a great advance in agriculture and it was an important step.

Monday

Today in class we had a "prezi" where it talked about ancient Egypt. It talked about the pyramids and sphinx and also looked at the afterlife quite a lot. It talked about how they believed that the Pharaohs were still god even after they died so that they will continue to rule when they die. A Pharaoh usually never gets demoted or rebelled against unless everything is going horrible for Egypt. If that happened they believed that the Pharaoh was not communicating with the gods correctly.

Monday Tuesday Friday

Monday
I was not here on monday because my mom made the call that the roads would get bad, and she wouldn't have anybody to pick me up and she couldn't do it herself with her work. I heard form my friends that it was basically pointless and that school should've been canceled because we really did nothing.

Tuesday
This is notes for Egypt.
We learned about steppes, which are giant grasslands and we also learned that egyptians were polyheistic AND that writing originated from Egypt. We also learned about pyramids, woman were rarely in goverment, but they had rights such as to divorce their husbands and own land. And the earliest form of writing was hieroglyphs

Friday
Today in class we talked about the buildings they made such as the pyramids and the sphinx and that these buildings were actually most likely not built by slave labor. They found names as if they were proud of what they were building, and we also learned that these structures were covered in Marble. It would've been a great sight, but the marble got stripped away during the crusades/

Monday-Friday (Last Week)

Monday. Today in class we learned that we started out in many different ages. Like the stone age, I'm sure you've all heard. The most important thing in civilizations was foods that could be stored like wheat or grain. This is why in a lot of old places we learned about granarys and other things

Tuesday- Today we learned about different civilizations. For instance we learned about the first form of writing, and that civilization. It was one of the first cities in the world, made by the Sumerians. They had a set of laws and everything else that I will talk about in the next post.

Wednesday- Today we talked about Hammarabis code, and we were to find some. Some of Hammarabis code consist of that if you steal from someone, you have to pay back twice of what you stole. If you cannot afford to pay it back, you will be killed. and that if a fire fighter is to steal from a burning house, that fire fighter will be thrown into the fire and burnt to death.

Friday- We talked more about Hammarbis code in class and we learned a lot more interesting stuff. Everyone shared the laws they found and so it was extremely interesting. For instance, if you steal cattle or livestock from a temple or a king, you must pay x4 of what you stole. If its from a regular man you pay x2 of what you stole. We also talked about why the punishment was so bad. It was because they want to discourage people from doing the crime, because they knew they would die if they did it and got caught.