Hindu God: Ganesh or Ganesa Blogpost

Ganesh or Ganesa, is one of the most well known and worshipped god within the Hindu Pantheon. Ganesh is hte son of Shiva and Parati, he has an elephantine appearance with a curved trunk, large ears, and the massive pot-bellied body of a human.
Ganesh is known as the Lord of Success and destroyer of evil and obstacles, aswell as being worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth. Along with all is purposes of worship Ganesha is one of the five prime Hindu Deities (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and Durgoa are the other four Hindu Deities.) Hindu Deities are beleived to be forms of the god Brahman and provide one of the ways to communicate with this one divinity.

Egyptian Art Poster

Describe your artwork (who is represented, what is happening) and
    explain the significance.

This picture describes the Egyptian god Anubis in the left side which is standing. There is a tomb in the middle of the picture and he is burying  the dead.The sign on top of the tomb represents storm and thunder. I made that because it is not a good day when you bury the dead. I also drew some signs around and on the tomb which had some stuff to do with the dead and Anubis. In the bottom left corner I have my name spelled in hieroglyphics and on the top right corner there is a sun, which represents that the one being buried should be good. The significance of this picture is that Anubis is a Egyptian god and gods are important. This picture also represents the daily life of the Egyptian's.

Along the River Nile

I am passing from the River Nile with my sailing boat. The only thing I can see and pay attention is the beauty of Nile. The nature is just amazing. It smells grass and tress. I see a crocodile pop out from the sea. For a second I think it's my end. But than I see that they are just looking around. The River is really nice and the sun is on top of me. I feel my head and skin burning. I look to my right and I see a huge pyramid with a lot of servants working.I need some water. I feel the weather getting hotter and hotter every minute. At last I'm out of Nile. I hope I can go again.

Homework(Mummies)

You should:
List at least five questions that you would ask a promising location. Your questions should relate to climate, culture, religion, and other factors that you think are important. Include Images. You do not have to answer your questions.

1.Why do Egyptian mummify their dead?

2.Who were the king mummies?

3.Where are the mummies?

4.Why did Egyptians make mummies?

5.Are mummies still being mummified today?


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New words from the Article

New Words
1.Yearn: To have a strong desire
2.Cadaver:A dead body, especially one intended for dissection.
3.Mossy:Covered with moss or something like moss
4.Bogs:An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate.
5.Mingled:To mix or bring together in combination


Questions
1.DEFINE the word "MUMMY"?
A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial. Also an Ancient Egypt person.


2.According to current scientific beliefs. What are some reasons people were intentionally mummified?

The reasons why people were intentionally mummified was because they were trying to extend human life and some bodies were frozen for the climate.

3. What features of the natural environment can cause bodies to be mummified unintentionally?
Some reasons why bodies are unintentionally mummified is that the climate is very cold which is a good weather to mummify. Another good place the be mummified is places were there is snow or ice.


4. In what parts of the world have mummies been found?
Mummies were found in Egypt, China,Siberia, Italy Greenland and Mexico.


5.In what types of places( physical geography&climate) have mummies been found?
The types of physical geography that mummies have been found in includes mostly places that have good environments for preservation,for example cold places.


6. How did Ancient Egyptians preserve their dead?
Egyptians preserves their dead because they believed in the after life and in order to got there they needed there body.


7. Why do you think Ancient Egyptians took such care to embalm their dead if the desert could do the job for them?
Ancient Egyptians didn't want their work done by others because they thought they should have their own jobs done.Many cultures have this belief that when you preserve a dead body you give that person peace to his soul. They also put their organs in to kind of little jars.

Assyrian Poster

This poster is about the Assyrians. Their government, empire, facts, daily life and also includes a map, timeline and a lot of pictures. Everyone in our group worked really well together and brought a lot of information.

By: Ergi,Brin,Emily and Luka L.

Unit #3 Reflection Mesopotamia

1. In 2-3 sentences for each topic, summarize what you learned about the following:
    a) The domestication of plants and animals   
    b) The transition from hunter-gatherer communities to the first civilizations
    c) Early religion and beliefs

2. Imagine someone saying to you, "Learning about the Sumerians isn't very
    important since they're long gone!" What would you tell them in order to change their mind?

3. Include at least 2 visuals in your post (photograph, drawing, map, table/chart...)

1.

A) What I learned about domestication of plants and animals is that people in the past made the plants and animals domesticated so they could eat them.I learned that they domesticated for a lot of reasons like to produce food, or valuable stuff like cotton,wool or silk, for helping them in transportation and trade. They also grew a lot of different crops.

B)Almost the whole of human history, from at least 3 million years ago, mankind has lived hunting or fishing, and gathering edible items of any kind for example;from fruit to insects.But basically hunter-gatherers,have lived by doing what comes natural. I learned that they improved a lot of things, like language,writing system and the calendar. 

C)The things I learned about religion and beliefs is that when they started to improve their religion they started practices and also started praying. They believed in god so much and were scared what would happen if they did a bad thing. They thought the god would strike and punish them.

2.If somebody told me that "Learning about the Sumerians isn't very important since they're long gone."
I would tell them to learn about this because that is how we are now in this day, how they developed since now and how they changed living,religion and also their beliefs.




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