Monday: No School
Tuesday:
Forum post leader inform us of their stories, Also Mr. Bruns showed us polls between Clinton and Trump.
Zhou Dynasty Continued
- Economy was mainly agriculture based
- managed by peasant families
- Main products were millet, wheat, rice, and some fruits
- Technology included iron tipped plows, chariots, and various iron based tools
- Social classes went kings and high rulers, scholars, farmers, craftsmen, and traders
- 4 main occupations
- The shi-scholars and were well respected
- The Nong-the peasant farmers, and were necessary and also produced soldiers for the armies
- The Gong-the craftsmen, they produced tools, most independent workers and some worked for the government
- The shang-the lowly merchants and were dependent on others and were looked down upon
- Woman and children were deemed less important than the men, typical jobs for women included house care and textile making
- They perfected the calendar
- Discovery of magnetism
- Fertilizers
- healing methods and acupuncture
- First geographical maps
- During the autumn and the spring periods the dynasty was split into eastern and western people
- between 772-467 BCE
- The dynasty was always at war
- women's 3 obeisances - father before marriage, husband after marriage, and son after husbands death
- women's 4 virtues
- morality
- proper speech
- modest manner
- diligent work
- They introduced the mandate of heaven
- They also used a feudal system
- They used iron, because easy to find and use
- Peasants started using it a lot and business and the economy boomed
- made the metal coin, which helped the trade
- the dynasty ended in 256 BCE
- The Qin army invaded the capital and over threw them
- the Qin unified the Chinese nation
The Phoenicians
- came into power around 2750 BC
- lost power around 146 BC
- Many wars between the Phoenicians and the Romans
- They had a king who ruled
- and the royal houses claimed descent, claiming they were gods and made final decisions
- the king was a figure head
- the elders and the royal houses had final say in everything
- a sea based nation
- 3 large wars took place during their time
- all between Rome
- The economy was very diverse and complex economy
- relied heavily on trade and merchandising
- 4 social classes
- King, Social Class, Middle Class, Working Class
- Where Syria and Lebanon is today
- Lived near the east end of the Mediterranean
- Named the sea people
- Surrounded by the Lebanon mountains and forest
- also protected by the sea
- Very into music
- Their religion, had many gods
- would sacrifice things to the gods to please them
- Worship gods at temples or near natural sights dedicated to the specific god
- they would burn incense
- pour libations
- Language was Semitic, combination of Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic
Wednesday:
Bruns talked about interesting stories involving math and apple the company, more presentation
Phoenicians continued - check Tuesday
Sumerians
- economy was built heavily on agriculture
- majorly influence by advances from Mesopotamian history
- Typical peasant jobs from other empires and civilizations
- they had a king as a ruler
- a feudalistic class system
- the oldest joke in history is Sumerian
- Their religion was focused around nature originally
- as they advanced, gods began to represent and control the elements of nature
- Gods would also have control over city states as they developed
- the school was in a temple and the priests taught the students
- only wealthy males were allowed to learn
- lasted from sun up till sun down
- most art was formed out of clay
- most entertainment consisted of music, but also included sports and festivals
- the empire lasted from 2900 - 2600 BC
- first king is king kish
- located near the tigers river and near the southern edge of Iraq and near ufreti
Thursday: More presentations and note taking
Assyrians
- Located in the northern part of modern Iraq
- the tigres and the Euphrates rivers run through the country
- They were mainly farmers and herders, very self reliant
- tried to keep to themselves
- had farming and irrigation system
- They developed a system of money and taxes
- Evolved around militarism
- Monarchy led by a king
- they rose to power and then the empire fell
- and then rose to power again
- the second rise to power focused more about sciences and religion instead of military
- Forced to switch to Islam
- then the empire ended when the mongols invaded
- Education was for the higher classes and wealthy, mainly only for boys
- girls were not allowed unless to become a scribe
- scribes would follow the priests and higher ups around documenting their activities
- many cave drawings were of their warfare and hunting
- entertainment included music, sports, and games
- Typical gender roles of the other empires
Harappans India
- Around 3000-1500 BC
- Very wealthy civilization
- were located near many trade routes, and traded often with the western Asians
- made many objects of gold and jewels
- their social classes were similar to that of the other civilizations
- Located near the north western tip of India and the south western edge of modern Pakistan
- natural barriers included dense Forrest and swamps, mountains, oceans and sea, deserts
- Not a very war like civilization, very peaceful nation
- excellent farmers
- Were very fond of precious gems
- Because of their fine jewelry many grave robberies occurred
- Education was very similar to the other civilizations
- Their language was pictographs script, which they carved into stone tablets
- They civilization was focused more on religion and was more of a unified people in one nation
- Women were allowed to do whatever the men were allowed to do basically
- Modern Burials
- A moderately peaceful group and culture
- Rapid downfall after being conquered
- Main religions were Hinduism and
Friday: New forum post leaders, Finished the Harappans empire, and then the Babylonian civilization.
For Harappans empire check Thursday and our presentation the Babylonian empire
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