1. The egyptians build_____ to honor their pharaohs. (pyramids)
2. The ____ _____  __ ____ is a large cat body with a human head. ( Great Sphinx of Giza)
3. There was over 2000 ___ and _____. (Gods and Goddesses) 
4. The nile flooded in the month of ____. (July)
5. ____ was the most important person/god in their civilization. (The Pharaoh)  

West civ. was kind of crazy today, Mr.Schick made us play some absolutely annoying game that was one by luck and random choices. I got very frustrated playing this game because you get so close then randomly it says you have to restart, everybody in the class was getting very angry and started to give. By the time me and my partner finished it we were in the C+ range because he was grading by who finished first. But instead he just gave me a B+ which is better than a C+. Over all, today we pretty much did nothing and wasted a class in my opinion. I would have rather actually learned something.   

Mummification-

• developed by the ancient egyptians 
• used to preserve the body for the after life
• all internal organs are removed
• some times they only keep the heart.
• the body is laid in salt fro 40 days
• which takes out all the moisture
• then they put oil and plants on the body
• the pretty much glue linen cloth to them and wrap them in that
• he is put in an wooden coffin
• The pyramids 
• They believe they have all of th3ese great thing inside of them 
• They were covered in shine plates 
• There is a stone that could lift that would make an opining
• There are hundreds of passages ways to fork the tomb of the pharaoh 
• There are other major rooms in there pyramids such as the queens room and the gallery

• One technological development that ancient Egyptians used were spells. If there was an ill person that had no reason for an illnesses they would use these spells to help cure them. Doctors and priests believed that unknown illnesses were caused by spiritual beings. So when somebody could not tell the person why they a had a disease, a magical potion or spells were used
• The second most important invention is hieroglyphics. I think this because that is one of the first forms of writing. They firs started using hieroglyphics to write down the stories of great battles or even just a great accomplishment some one had. That is why people hired scribes because most of the Egyptian people did not know how to write.
• Another great invention by the egyptians was the pyramids. The egyptians made these to show there power and to honor their pharaohs. Structures are built today with the same meaning to either honor or to show their power as a great nation.

In class today we continued to talk about ancient Egypt. 
Soldiers used to use wooden weapons, and bows &arrow. For the swords and the spears they used they only had a steal tip on them. They also used to ride chariots in war. Personally I would like to be on the chariot because you have the higher ground . we also got a little bit into the gods and goddess. 
There were over 2000 gods and goddess. They controlled the lives of humans.

Scribes kept records, told stories, wrote poetry,described anatomy and medical treatments.

They wrote in hieroglyphics in hierarchic.

Soldiers used wooden weapons (bow and arrows, spears) with bronze tips and might ride chariots.

Upper class known as the "White Kilt Class"- priests, physicians, engineers.

Gods and goddesses

Over 2,000 Gods and goddesses.

They "controlled" the lives of humans.

Pharaohs

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 land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners.

Hatsheput was a woman who served as pharaoh.

Cleopatra VII also served as pharaoh, but much later (51-30 BC) more on her when we study Greece.

• Geography
• Egyptian life is centered around the Nile River.
• It flows South to North.
• The water was used for drinking, irrigating, bathing, and transportation.
• Every July the river floods; snow melts.
• Every October, it leaves behind rich soil.
• The delta is a broad, marshy, triangular area of fertile silt.
• managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation. 
• Daily Life
• Pharaoh, government officials (nobles, priests, etc..), soldiers, scribes, merchants, artisans, farmers, and slaves and servants.
• Slaves/servants helped the wealthy with household and child raising duties.
• Farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions- benefited from irrigation of the Nile.
• Artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the afterlife.
• Merchants used the money/barter system was used- merchants might accept bags of grain for payment- later, coinage came about.
• Pyramids
• the Great Sphinx of Giza.
• built from 2555-2532 BC.
• A recumbent lion with a humans head.
• The oldest monumental statue in the world.

Today we had a test today. I felt pretty confident with all of my answers and i thunk i might of got one wrong. The video was pretty interesting, and i learned a lot from it. Its crazy how some people still live like the paleo/neolithic eras. Its crazy because we are so advanced and they don't even know how much technology is out there. They are just very unlucky and are not geographic lucky. Overall, this was a good day and im excited about my results.

Western civ today was just as normal as any other class. We continued and actually finished the video today. We had to use my computer because Mr. Schick computer was still not working, I didn't mind though. In the video we learned that the answer to the man's question was geography. Papa New Guinea was geographically unlucky. We also learned about how the Fertile crescent over thousands of years of farming grew dry and barren. Then we finished the video. I hope we get our test back tomorrow.

Western civ. today went way better than last. Mr. Schick could get his volume to work on Guns, Germs, and Steel, so luke had to give him his laptop and he got it working. We are currently watching the domesticated animals part of the movie. There are 2 million wild species in the world. He narrowed down the list of animals that were over 100 pounds and I was shocked. It was only 148 but the number of those that were domesticated is ; the cow, the llama, the horse, sheep, two species of camels, yak, mathon, donkey, goats, pigs, water buffalo, reindeer, and cattle. It took humans 10,000 years to domesticate these animals.

Today in western civ. we did no do much because I think Mr. Schick had some technical issues and could not get the video running. So for the beginning of class we did nothing then he got the video running and we started taking notes. Today we learned that the key to a good civilization is good crops. In papa new guinea they don't have very good crops so if takes more people and time to collect and store the crops they do have.