1/28/2014

Today in Mr. Schick's Western Civilization class we finished up talking about Sumer and about how they built temples where they worshiped the gods and goddesses. We also learned about the Civilization in Mesopotamia had a king named King Hammurabi of Babylon who created a series of laws know as Hammurabi's code. One law was that  "If, on the other hand, the claimant of the lost property has not brought the witnesses that know his lost property, he has been guilty of slander, he has stirred up strife, he shall be put to death." Which means if someone believes that you stole something of his he can hold you accountable for lying and you will lose your life since you have no evidence. Another rule was that "If a man has stolen a child, he shall be put to death." Which is like saying if you kidnap someone you will be put to death. Then there is also another rule that states "If a man has broken into a house he shall be killed before the breach and buried there." Which means that where the person has broken into they will be killed and buried there. I think that all of these rules consequences are too intense for the crimes being committed.

1/27/2014

Today in Mr. Schick's Western Civilization class we learned about Prehistory to civilization. I learned that the prehistoric age was before people learned to write things down. Also the Paleolithic age was the earliest prehistoric age and the neolithic age was when advanced tool making and agricultural began. Migratory groups of those times were people who hunted and grew crops. The agricultural revolution was when people started to store and grow food and one place which causes everything to advance. The people advanced in the way they lived by having the population grow and with the invention of both the wheel and the plow. Back in these times there were a lot of polytheists, people who worshiped more then one god, and hierarchies which showed where different people stood on the social latter. One place that had huge advances and growth was in Sumer which was located between the Tigerus and the Euphrates. With the growth of many groups of people came the kings and the first form of writing, cuniform. 

1/24/2014

This is my first blog I have ever posted for a Western Civilization class. Today during my first Western Civilization class with Mr. Schick, I learned how to set up my blog for this class. I also met the other students in this class. We all figured out what we would be doing in class each day and where we would be sitting. The class was pretty short because of the two hour delay. I think that this class will be one of my favorites this semester although it has just started. I can’t wait to learn about Western Civilization whatever that actually means but I am excited to learn something new.