Week 3: Daily: Wednesday February 9th

What is the oldest human-created artifact that has mattered to you? Why/how does it matter?

The oldest human created artifact that has mattered to me is probably hospitals and medicine. I’m not sure if this is truly an artifact, but it does date back to very early times where they had medicines for ill people. These things are very important to me because without them, we would all be sick a lot and there would be no way to completely treat the sicknesses. It should matter to everyone else in the world too. Just think, if we didn’t have doctors and medicines to make us feel better, we all would not even want to live. We would be sick a lot more than we are now, because without all of this, we would not cure anything and diseases and viruses would just keep growing and growing. With nothing there to stop it, these diseases and viruses would take over our population and wipe out the human race entirely. You do not necessarily have to look at how it would affect you right now, but maybe later on in your life or early in your life. You wouldn’t even be born if it wasn’t for doctors in our hospitals to deliver you. Hospitals and medicines is the most important artifact to me because without them, we would all be gone.

Week 3: Daily: Tuesday February 8th

Why do you think so many conspiracy theories surround the pyramids and the megaliths? Give examples of a few and explain where you think they come from.

There are so many conspiracy theories surrounding the pyramids and megaliths because of the mystery behind them. These massive stone objects have been in these places for as long as people can remember. They were most likely there before people even knew what they were. I believe that there are so many of these conspiracies because no one really knows for sure what happened. They might have an idea of how these architectures got there, but there is no proof.  Most locations of these famous structures did not have languages when they were built. They could not record what was going on during the building of these mysterious structures. An example of one of these structures and conspiracy theories would be the pyramids in Egypt. There are many reasons that people believe these huge pyramids were built. Most people say they were tombs and burial grounds for important people of that empire. Others say that these were made to “confuse” people and send them through mazes. As crazy as any theory sounds, it is just a theory; it is not proven to be true. Many also believe that these structures were used to honor people, gods, or pharaohs. Whatever they were used for, these huge architectures are a mystery for now. 

Week 3: Daily: Monday February 7th

"War is a form of technology". Agree or Disagree.

I agree with the statement that war is a form of technology. War is caused by so many different things, from actual physical disagreements to ways of perceiving ideas. Technology is so popular now a days that everything is now done through technology. People don’t communicate using cave-drawings anymore. People use Skype and other forms of technological communication. Without technology, we would be stuck the way we were in the much earlier times. It’s possible that we could not even have a language. We could be communicating using hand signals or drawings. Technology allows us to do many new and highly advanced things that people had never even dreamed of before.  With war, countries are forced to reign on top of other countries. In order to do this, that certain country has to be advanced and ready to back up anything that comes their way. Advances in technology enable countries to do this. The internet allows the leaders or countries to research enormous amounts of information. Anyone could go out and find anything on the internet if they tried to. Technology enables countries to do anything they ever need to. They advance in war using technology, so I would say yes, war is a form of technology.

Weekly 2: February 4th

Weekly- Week 2, February 4, 2011

Question: Is 'Change' a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? (Relate to the origins of art, the agricultural revolution, architecture and urban planning in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.

               

According to www.dictionary.com, change is defined as a transformation, modification, or alteration. Change can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on the situation. Sometimes change is needed to be brought about. Change has brought around several crucial things we need today, but they have also caused some problems we could deal without. Other times change can really mess up things and have people confused. Changes help us advance on bigger and better things. Several things changed in the Mesopotamia and Indus Valley area, so let’s find out about that.

In artwork, a lot of things change. The way you present things change, and your resources change.  These changes affect art in several different ways. The way they create art must become different if they don’t have the same materials that they would before.  Art made advances form the years when cavemen drew on the walls of caves to today where artists get paid billions of dollars for a painting that some people can’t even understand.

In agriculture, a lot of things have changed since ancient times. When we find new ways to grow things and make food, it helps our world become much better. Some of the ways of the ancient farmers are so out-dated that we don’t even know of them today. Finding new ways of growing seeds or harvesting a plant can affect our lives in the long run. If our farm workers make healthy decisions that benefit us and our health.

Urban planning, or architecture, has changes tremendously over time. You can look all around you and it is proven that ways of making buildings have definitely changed. There are the pyramids I Egypt and then the ancient cities in Rome. If you look at those architectures and then look at buildings made in the present time, there are some major differences. We have come up with better ways to make building run more efficiently and thoroughly.

In my perspective, change can be either a great thing or something that worsen situations. Through progressing, we can learn different things about life and apply it later. Change could also bring out the worst in some people and shouldn’t be used later on in life. Bad changes should actually be learned from. Good or bad, change can adjust people’s lives and the way they live.

Week 2: Daily: February 3rd

L's are R's; R's are L's

D's are N's; N's are D's

T's are S's; S's are T's

P's are M's; M's are P's

H's are J's; J's are H's

G's are B's; B's are G's

K's and W's; W's are K's

Y's are Q's; Q's are Y's

N's are V's; V's are N's

I- ya

She/he= ye

They=Yas

We=yos

you=yab

your=yabr

Hi, how are you?= Ji, jok ale yab?

What is your name? Kjas as yabr vape?

Yes=yut

No=na

is=as

go=bo

Sje ealsj lenonrnet alouvn sje tuv. = The Earth revolves around the sun.

Verbs:

Singular- same

Plural- add -ES

Past- add –O

Future= will is wab

Week 2: Daily: February 2nd

Which do you think is a better roadmap of history artifacts of the humanities (art, music, dance, theatre, literature, philosophy, architecture, etc) or political/military conflicts? Why? (from Twitter)

Answer:

I think that architecture is a good roadmap of history artifacts of humans. The buildings and houses have changed so much over the years, just like the people have. A great deal of history can be shown from just looking at a building from a certain time period. If you look at different time periods, there is usually a different type of architecture for each time in history. Buildings and houses show what they have been through and symbolize what that part of our history was like. You can tell when the pyramids were made just by looking at them. It’s easy to see what that period of time was all about just by looking at a structure of building or two. If you took all the different architectures from history and put them into a time line, you would see how much history progresses just through buildings. It shows that the people building the houses and other structures are progressing along with them. If you follow the way architecture was in the beginning of time up until now, you would see many different things. There are the pyramids to the White House. History can easily be seen through architecture.

Week 2: Daily: February 1st

 Describe the importance of water in the ancient world. (from Twitter)

Answer:

Water was extremely important to the living creatures of the ancient times. Just like there is today, they grew their own food and needed water in order to survive. Water was a necessity to live. People didn’t have Sprite or Pepsi back in the fourth millennium. Only richer people were allowed to have anything flavored. In the Andes Mountains in Peru, archaeologists found irrigation systems from the 4^th millennium. That long ago, they still need water to plant their crops and drink so they could have food and water. People think that back in ancient times they didn’t have basically anything and weren’t capable of doing anything. Obviously, they weren’t as advanced as we are now is present time, but they had basics like water and irrigation systems. They had to plant their own foods since electricity had not come around yet. They weren’t able to use a stove or oven so they had to have fruits or vegetables grown from their fields. If they weren’t too poor, they could possibly have a cow and eat that once it got to the point where they could eat it. Yes, they had fire so they could cook it. But all of these things basically all come back to water. Water was and still is one of the most importantly things in life for humans.