Black and White Rocks

In class we debated ,like the ancient Greeks, about whether or not the Chinese exchange students can use their translators in class for the test. I led the idea to let them use the translators. Even though a lot of people said they shouldn't they eventually changed their minds. Mr. Schick ended up allowing the translators

I Was Floatin Teacher Man

Today in class we played a game about pyramids that we did with partners. My partner was Maheer. We learned that a majority of workers that worked on the pyramid were actually farmers instead of slaves. The angle of the pyramid greatly impacts the fit of the special gilded top that was a symbol of power. My favorite part was one being first and getting a ten out of ten  but the boat down the Nile, I was floatin.

West Civ Essay 1

I believe that Jared Diamond had the right idea when he mentioned "geographical luck". Geographical Luck refers to the idea that where your people settled or where you were born is just luck. The plants and resources that were utilized from early people was just luck says Diamond. Since they had no idea what they actually were though something attracted them to that area. Was it the water and the resources they could collect? Could it be the animals and livestock or the fertile land? It seems that all of these points must to have led the beginning of civilization of course this had to occur over a long period of time. If you look back at Mesopotamia, one of the first civilizations,  it settled it between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers better known as the "Fertile Crescent". If you move a little more south Egypt who settled on the Nile river and the Nile's mighty Delta. These two areas are known for there vast crop fields and their dense livestock farms. The two civilizations were defiantly blessed with geographical luck. Since they didn't intentionally move there it was most likely done by accident. That is why Geographical luck is a sustainable probability.