Dyana Dawood history blog

The document from chapter 3 I chose to blog about is Herodotus . The reason I chose Herodotus is because I feel like if I could be any person from history, i would be herodotus . Reason why is because he traveled everywhere to seek information about the specific place he's going . Herodotus was born to a wealthy Greek family . His life consisted of recording history . They say that he pretty much invented for the western world the craft of history the connection to research . Because of Herodotus, people today and historians learned about ancient life from descriptions that Herodotus wrote and described . Herodotus notices the cultural differences of the other cultures like Persia and Egypt . He points out that persian fathers let go of their sons once they turn 5 so that if they die they wouldn't be saddened about it . For Egyptians, a cultural difference is seen by how they respond to a death of a family member . When a family member of an Egyptian family di...

After reading the intro to part 2 from the book, I found many things that interested me. One thing that stood out to me was how early religions became popular around 500 B.C.E. At that time Hinduism, and Buddhism in India; Greek rationalism; and judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam in the middle east. All of these religions, according to the book, have provided the moral  and spiritual framework that are in people's worlds today. It emphasizes that all these philosophical and religious systems have been the product of second  and third wave civilizations. To continue on, chapter three brings up the states  and empires in Eurasia and North Africa. I came up to the page where it had a  layout of the map of time that dates from 750 B.C.E, and all the way to the 5th century. A thing I found that interested me was how the era of greek  city-states started all the way from 750 B.C.E. that included the city of rome... and fast track to...

The Man from Mohenjo statue is seven inches tall found in Mohenjo Daro that demonstrates an elite man. When archeologists were there in Mohenjo Daro, they didn't find any grand temples or palaces. No pictures, writings, or monuments. This made archeologists suggest that the city was not controlled  by a single ruler but a group of elites including merchants, landowners, and others. Furthermore, they found a statue of a man. In the textbook, it is showing us a picture of that statue. Some specific features of the statue I can point out are the robe that is over his left shoulder, and how theres some kind  of mask or jewelry on top of his head. Or it can be some kind of a hat that was required of him to wear or something. Another one can be that his eyes are  both closed?  The possible indications of elite status I can identify is definitely whatever the thing that is on top of the statue's head. It for sure must  ...

 Chapter 2 is talking about ear civilizations that emerge around 3500 B.C.E. in three places. One was the middle east located in southern present day Iraq. That being said the Babylonian empire cam along right after the Xia dynasty. Another early civilization that emerged during 35000 B.C.E. came from north eastern Africa now known as Egypt. A city next to what is now called Egypt named Norte Chico  which was located in the Supe River Valley. Norte Chico was a city smaller than those of Mesopotamia. I have never heard of the city of Norte Chico and didn't know it was close to Mesopotamia back in the day. Growing up in my family that cam from Mesopotamia never talked about a city called Norte Chico. I find it interesting how much history there is to be learned. To continue one in the chapter the narrator  talks about the hierarchy of class in the early civilization.  Upper classes enjoy great wealth i...

Agriculture has been growing for many years. Without agriculture we wouldn't be where we are today. Agriculture is so important because of the breeding of animals and plants that give away food, fiber, and other things to help make life for us and the things around us better. The most favored area that first experienced good agriculture was ancient Mesopotamia. They say the history of civilization started there in the middle east and I believe the reason why is because of what the land provided for the people. The chapter talks about fertile crescent which was the site that included a major breakthrough to agriculture and later developed one of the first civilizations. Archeologists found major innovations like the sun-dried mud bricks, polished axes, and more tools. This proved to be a great advantage to have a settled life. Now that I think about it, I believe the middle east's agriculture was probably the reason why so many ancient civilizations and empires fought each othe...

The prologue and the introduction for human history goes way back to the start of the universe and the planet. The history of the world is so cool sometimes I wish I could go back in time just to see how life was back in the days of the big bang and how the earliest life on earth started. They say the planet is around 4 billion year old. I wonder how geologists found that out. It's very interesting though because us and everything else keeps evolving which means maybe in 4 billion years we will look so different that maybe humans wont recognize each other. That being said humans have always had world history problems.The world wars of the mid twentieth century have been viewed as consequences waiting to be fixed. In other words, history will be remembered forever and which is why world history is so important. It is the building block of our future. We have to make sure terrible history doesn't repeat itself. Change, comparison, and connection. The three C's of World Histor...