Today we rapped our songs we had to do for homework. Then we talked bout the new things happening in egypt. Egypt just got rid of their leader nad this is the first time this as ever happend in Egypts history.We also watched a video on egypt,called gigi's revolution.

Egypt is where the pharos used to be,

You can find it near the Mediterranean Sea,

The most famous pharaoh, was prob king tut,

He ruled for 9 years, say wut say wut.

The Nile was Egypt’s form of transportation,

It was easy to access for its prime location.

You could travel 4,000 miles down the Nile,

Just warning you now it would take a while.

There's also a half lion man named Mr. Sphinx.

If you get too close he really stinks.

Because he's 350 decades old.

And, he's covered with algae, fungus and mold.

The pyramids were tombs for the royal and the rich

They deserved more than just a shovel and a ditch
The Scribes would write, the nobles ruled.

Egypt’s were it’s at, fool!

Day-9 Egypt

Pharohs and Pharisees

• Life with Pharos was filled with murder,power,glory,and deciet.
• King tut was one of the most famous pharos of acient egypt. 
•  Pharaohs were considered to be both divine deities as well as mortal rulers.
• 170 or more rulers reigned over the great land of Egypt during a three thousand year time span. 
• The pharaoh was the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple'.
• As 'Lord of the Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. He owned all of the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners. 
• As 'High Priest of Every Temple', the pharaoh represented the gods on Earth. He performed rituals and built temples to honour the gods.
• The title pharoh comes from the greek languageThe first real king of egypt was Nenes
• He ruled around 3100 bc.
• The word Pharoh means house,and is also reffered to a place in ancientEgypt.
• Pharaohs spent most of their lives preparing for their death.
• THey belived in afterlife
• Lots of pharpohs went to war to fight for land.
• In death the Pharoh would become one with osiris, god of the dead.
• Passing on his sacred powers to his son the new pharoh would represent Ossiris' son, Horus.
• pharohs were buried with their most prizzed possesions so they could have them in their afterlife. 
• Several women ruled as pharohs of egyptThree 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.
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Day -8 .........took aQuiz

Q. Describe Jarred Diamonds theory of geographic luck.

A.
    Jared Diamond,a professor at UCLA,made a theory that civilizations depend of geographic luck. He doesn't mean that that's the only thing they dip end on, but that's a big part of a civilization.

    Being geographically blessed is a good thing for a growing civilization. Papua New Guinea was geographically blessed. They are and island with provides water, and less intruders trying to invade their land. Another feature is that they have many animals and plants that help them survive. For example, deer for food and trees for
 sago. Also they didn't have to worrying about sharing or fighting over land. Another geographically blessed place is the fertile crescent. They had the right climate for growing crops. They had a lot of animals and large Fields for farming. The fertile crescent is even better the Papua New Guinea geographically.

    Being geographically blessed is a wonderful thing, they also have negatives. Papua New Guinea is an island so they are farther away from some countries. Being farther away is a negative because you cant advance technologically if your neighboring country is. Being closer is crucial because of the lack of advancement for the New Guineans.
  The fertile crescent, on the other hand had barely and negatives except for one. This negative is huge and threatening to civilizations. This negative was volcanic eruptions. The people of the fertile crescent quickly moved on when volcanoes started to erupt. But other then that the natives of the fertile crescent were very blessed.
 
    Jared Diamonds theory is very true and things support his theory but there can be some flaws to his theory. The theory of being geographically blessed is huge for striving settlements.

Day-7

Today we presented some projects. THese projects were either powerpoints,paragraphs,or prezis. THe projects were on the movie Guns ,Germs,and Steel. THe main points of the projects were the people of Papua New Guinea.

notes on first project- 
gdp growth rate- 6.2 percent
gdp-14.93 billion
gdp per capita-2,500 $
They export oil,gold,silver,copper,logs,palm oil,cofee,crayfish,and cocoa.
They import machinery,food,chemicals,oil,and technology. 
they mine gold,copper,silver,crude oil,petroleum,copra crushing,wood chop,tourism,palmoil
They speak- tok pisin,Enlgish,Hiri Motu, and around 80 more different kinds.
 religions- catholic,baptist,protestant. Mostly revolved around christians.
communications- 3 radio stations.
900,000 cell phones
60,000 landlines
they have satellite and cable
125,000 internet users.
563 airports
9,349 km of roads.
2 heliports
they are developing really fast

random notes-
Jarred Diamond is a professor at UCLA


jobs,hobbies,things he does-
bird watcher
anthropologists
best selling author
professor

day - 6

Today we had a substitute and we watched Guns,Germs,and Steel. Today's part of the movie talked about domestication of certain animals. Scientists talked about what kind of animals are easier to domesticate. Crucial requirements of a domesticated animal is,must get along with humans,plant eater,and animals that mature fast.

The people of the fertile crescent were geographically blessed. They had the best crops and animals. They also had the perfect conditions to take care of these things. The people of the Fertile crescent had the most modern houses of there time. They had ways to have a steady airflow and they decorated there houses. These people were able to developed new technologies.They invented things to make their lives more easier. They also learned how to use fire. They used it with food,warmth,and any other kind of thing to help them grow. This sounds like nothing now,but back then it was crucial to life.

research i did in class-

literacy rate- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.3%
male: 63.4%
female: 50.9% (2000 census)

GDP per capita- $2,500 (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 176
$2,400 (2009 est.)
$2,300 (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars

population-
6,064,515 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105

religions- 
Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census)

language-  
Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu are official languages; some 860 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)
note: Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2%

 
     
today in class i worked with Mark and Madi. We sytarted to make a power point on Papua New GUinea. We cover major points such as their language,literacy rate, and other facts. Also we compared these facts to other countries. In comparison Papua New Guinea is very behind, just like Mr.Diamond said.

Day- 5

i was not here today, i was sick.

Day- 4

In class we continued to watched Guns,Germs,and Steel. We also continued to learn about domesticated animals. To review back to yesterday we were talking aboutthe 14 kinds of animals that have been domesticated. Each animal that is domesticated can provied either food or labor. These fourteen animals were the first to be domesticated.

ANimals such as horses are very usefull to modern day farmers. They can till the land or other work, but they can do more then the average human. They can till mnore land, then an average human, creating a surplus of food. If they create a surplus humans dont have to worry about not having enough food.

All these surrounding countries were becoming more advanced, but the New Guinea natives were not. Jarred diamond says when he went to papua New Guinea in the 60's , the natives where still using rocks to hekp make food. While New GUinea was not advancing like other countries, they did have some things other countries didnt. They were an island, they didnt ave to worry about sharing land with neigboring countries. Before the were intruded by outsiders they had a great life. They hunted there own food, they pretty much did their own thing all the time.

When the animals and fertile crops reached eygept there was a hyuge advance in settlemnts. There were so many crops and animals they had enough to feed the pharos and officals more then they needed,not having to worry about not having food.

Day -3

Today we continued to watch the movie Guns,Germs,and Steel. Yesterday we left off on the topic of farming,working,and gathering. We Also learned about how archaeologists found one of the earliest settlements located in Papua New Guinea. Today in the movie we learn about animals. The natives yous the animals for milk, clothing,and meant. They also used waste made by the animals as a fertilizer to grow crops. Goats and sheep were the first animals to be domesticated my people.  Pigs and cows were the next to be domesticated by people. Ox and horses were the most powerful "machines" on the planet at the time. You could train them,make then work,and also for transportation.

  In new guinea they never used plows because they didn't have  a large animal to plow for them. The largest animal they had was a pig. The pig cant really supply much for the natives. The pigs cant supply milk, like the goat, they don't have muscle, so they cant plow, and they cant domesticate it well, because they train well. They did have larger animals such a deer, but deer cant be domesticated like other animals.

    Many animals were domesticated but they were not practical for farming. A crucial characteristic of a farming animal is that it must get along with humans. Another characteristic would be that it should be a plant eater. Also


14 of the first animals to be domesticated by humans (used for farming):
goats
sheep
pigs
cows
ox
horses
donkeys
 2 types of camels
water Buffalo
llamas
rain deer
yachs
mithons
bally cattle

animals that were domesticated but are really not practical for farming:
frogs
tigers
penguins
coyotes
rodents
birds
reptiles
lions
moose
elephants

Day- 2

Today we continued to watch the movie Guns,Germs, and Steel. This part of the movie was about  Jarred Diamoned studying the hunting ways of the natives of Papua New Guinea. The women gather the foods. They often gather sego, a food that comes from a tree. Each tree can produce 70 pounds of sego. The also gathered wheat from Fields. The men hunt food. They often hunt deer  or elk in the forest near their village.

  Another part of the movie was about the island having one of the earliest settlements in the world. Archaeologists conclude that this is the first time people ever settled together in one place. This was a time of scarcity. This is were farming came from because they started to grow their own food. The planted fields of wheat and barley. They often moved where there was a source of water. They used every thing they had to make their lives better. For example they used sego from the trees but also used the bark and wood for other things.  Archaeologists say that there has been farming for more then 1,000 years before others discovered farming.