In class today, we took the first test of the unit. We were alowed to use our blogs on the test. I think I did well, I forgot to blog on Wendsday and didnt have all the notes, I thought I knew everything that was going to be on it but there was one or two questions that I guessed on.

Woke up really sick and stayed home.

Chaper One 

From Prehistoric to Civilization 3000- 1200BC

Before Civilization: The Prehistoric Era (LO-1)

• The Origins and "Ages" of Human Beings
• 200,000 yrs ago a human species emerged in southwestern Africa
• 14,000yrs ago, a worldwide human race excisted
• Earliest prehistoric age is Paleolithic age (Old Stone Age)
• Neolithic Age (New Srone Age) was marked by advanced tool making and the beginnings of agricluture
• Initially, human were parts of migratory groups which hunted fished and gathered plants for food 

The Prehistoric Era

• The Agriculture Revelution
• Also know as the Neolithic Revolution, this was a shift from itinearint hunting/gathering to more permanent setlements centered on agriculture (beginning of southwestern Asia)
• Populations rose due to increased ability to care for younger children
• Hierarches apeared in village life; the status of women was lowered as women were confined more to domestic duties
• Invention of whel and plow made it possible to produce enough fod for storage
• Vilagers were polytheists, worshiped multiple nature, human, and animal gods

The Earliest Cites: Mesopotamia (LO-2)

• the disrct known as Sumer ocupied the land between the Tigris and Euphrates river
• Population increased dramtically due to new iridation techniques
• Cites and towns were founded, some with as many as 40,000 inhabitants
• beter fod storage alowed for diversity in profresions: priests, tradesmen, artisans, politions, farmers
• Kings emerged, as did family dynasties and the concepts of the "city-state"
• Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing, known as "cuneiform"

Woke up with a migraine and stayed home from school.

We were introduced to bloging our classes. Created a gmail and then made a blogger account. Then made this blog.