Sydneys western civ blog

Today in class we worked on our projects and we also got all the ingredients for our food. We finished our paper and in our paper we put everything that we did to prepare for our project. We still need make the food but we are waiting to make the until the day before. We got our presentation day moved to Monday so I think that we are going to make the video and edit it on Sunday.

Today in class we worked on our projects and we also got all the ingredients for our food. We finished our paper and in our paper we put everything that we did to prepare for our project. We still need make the food but we are waiting to make the until the day before. We got our presentation day moved to Monday so I think that we are going to make the video and edit it on Sunday.  

we took a test today and I think I did good. the first page was hard because it was from the benign of the unit but I think I did okay. On the map part of the test I think did really good because that is what I study the most. Then you told a story which im mad thats missed because it was aperinly a really good one about your doctor. Then we started working on our project and we finished our paper.

cleisthenes- very rich man who brought middle class opinion into government citizens could participate direct democracy- agora (center of social interaction you could by things and participate with government) GOD AND GODDESSES they had mythological gods that would fight ZEUS- god of weather (thunder) he has a very bad temper Athena is Zeus  she is the goddess of war and peace he came out of Zeus forehead fully grown FIGHTING IN SPARTAN greeks were certainly war like spartans were known for their tough inifulrty persan war greeks won

Homeric question: was there really a guy name homer that wrote the story or was he just part of the story  POLIS: fundamental political unit, made up of a city and the surrounding countyside  MONARCHY: rule by a single person (kings in Greece)  ARISTOCRACY: RULE BY A SMALL GROUP of noble, very rich landowning families OLIGARCHY: wealthy groups dissatified with aristocratic rule, who seized power(often w/ military help) TYRANT: powerful individual who seized control by appealing to the common people support SYMPOSIUMS: MEETING WHERE ELITE men would enjoy wine and poetry, performances by dancers and acrobats   POLITICS  no women  no middle class  no slaves  what do do if your on the outside

Today in class we got our first research day for our project. we are doing ancient greek foods, we are still figuring out what foods to do but our options so far are loukoumades, pita bread and humus and  few other things. We are going to make a vid of us buying the ingredients and making the food and the whole process. We are also working on our paper and in that were just going to talk about how important the food was to the greek tradition.

1. How long did it take Odysseus to return home from the Trojan War? 10 years 2. According to Google Maps, how long should this trip have taken? This trip should have taken about 2 weeks according to google maps. 3. According to archeological evidence, when did the Trojan War occur? 12th century BCE. 4. When did Homer compose  The Odyssey ? 8 century BCE. 5. What is the definition of “epic poem”? A long narrative poem on a serious subject written in a grand or elevated style center on a larger than life hero. 6. Who is Odysseus’ wife? Penelope 7. Who is Odysseus’ son? Telamockes. 8. What happens in the cave of the Cyclops? odysseus and his men sneak into the cave and eat the cyclopes goat cheese and then the cyclopes starts eating the men but then Odysseus gets the cyclops drunk and spears his eyes with fire. 9. Is Odysseus a hero? Why or why not? yes  because the wisdom goddess believ...

worlds greatest civilization are located on water Mesopotamia/ tigris and Euphrates river  Egypt/ Nile river  India/ Indus River  China/ Huang he river  Aegean Sea- (east of Greece) Adriatic Sea-(north of the Ionian Sea) Peloponnese us - above Sparta  Athens  sparta  crete Asia Minor  macedonia  Geography is mutinous peninsula mountains cover 3 quarters of Greece  2000 islands in the ionian and aegean seas this combination shaped Greece culture skilled sailors and ship builders, farmers meta workers weavers, they had poor limited nature resources they needed to trade

Upper Egypt  came together with lower Egypt in 1300 bc by narmer Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe which they called maat pharaoh was all power full king gods were often portrerd. with animal head and bodies eruptions beloved in an afterlife (ka) and mummification bodies to preserve them this post death journey earliest Egyptian writing formed 3100 bc and small pictures known as hydrogphics eygiptioans script was rally written on papyrus a paper like material made from reeds in the nile Egyptians artonomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the season cycles

Upper Egypt  came together with lower Egypt in 1300 bc by narmer Egyptians relied on a harmony and balance of the universe which they called maat pharaoh was all power full king gods were often portrerd. with animal head and bodies eruptions beloved in an afterlife (ka) and mummification bodies to preserve them this post death journey earliest Egyptian writing formed 3100 bc and small pictures known as hydrogphics eygiptioans script was rally written on papyrus a paper like material made from reeds in the nile Egyptians artonomers created a calendar with 12 months and 365 days to make better sense of the season cycles