Geography,+Ecomony,+Technology,+Google+Earth+Flights

Ancient Greece Economy Caption

Ancient Greeks adapted to the land by farming, herding animals, hunting, gathering plants, and fishing. The fisherman fished, pirates raided, traded, and fished. Soldiers would fight, and most of Greeks mercenaries (hiring out themselves and their ships to fight for other countries) In Greece the land and climate/ weather wasn’t very good for farming, because of the mountain and hills all over the place. Farmers would have to become sailors, soldiers, and hunters so they could have good work.

REASOURCES- Kidipede.com (Ancient Greek Economy Article)

-Sabrina Patriciello

Egypt Caption:

A shadoof was a device that lifted water. Egyptians used a shadoof to lift water into their fields. A nilometer was a special staircase with carefully measured steps. The Egyptians were able to measure the height of the annual flood. They did that by counting the number of steps covered by floodwaters. “Our Wourld.”

Meso Captions


 * __Erido Caption:__**

Irrigation is a system that brings water to the farmer’s crops. People in Meso. Brought water, from artificial lakes so they could irrigate their crops. Aqueduct actually helped the system irrigation. Aqueduct carried water from 30 miles away. This made it so much easier to provide water and even trade. The crops they domesticated where barley, beans, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, and herbs. Ancient farmers also grew date palm, apple, and pomegranate trees. Obviously crops needed alot of water so farmers planted the crops along canal banks. Walls are made of thick mud-walls. They protected each city-states. People entered and exited through large gates in these ealls. People also went through the gates to buy fresh products and other goods from near by farms. The plow is a lever that lifted the soil and it is amoung the first applications of the principle of the lever. Browski says “ give me a plow and I will feed the earth.” (the people)


 * __Babylon Caption:__**

Writing laws, letters, records, and even riddles was Sumer’s most important invention. People today call that cuneiform. Cuneiform is made by scratching a wet clay tablet with a sharp reed pen. Cuneiform dated back at 3500 B.C in this century we would call cuneiform “picture writing.” Something else that was very important was how Ancient Mesopotamia’s sustained themselves by farming and using specialized labor. In “The Bulls of Heaven” the Epic of Gilgamesh distributes the parts of the bull which gives to different specialized workers, artisans, and tradesman. The products made in Mesopotamia’s complex economy where built on farming, craft, production, and trade. There were specialized farmers to raise crops and to herd different animals.


 * __Urak Caption:__**

The wheel is found for the first time before the 3,000 B.C. It was first used for solid wooden wheels attached to an older sleigh for pulling loads which there by is converted into a cart. Then the wheel and the axel became the double root from which invention grows. The domesticated animals that pulled the wagons where cattle and horses. Other animals that where domesticated where sheep, pigs, and lions where once common in that region.

My Prehistory Captions (Plus Mark and Milton Captions )

__ Great Rift Valley __ The Great Rift Valley. The Great Rift Valley is made up of a series of valleys that cut deeply through the surrounding plains. In these valleys the people had to survive with stone tools. There was a tool with a knife like sharpness, this tool could cut through hides of animals and chop wood. They used the wood to make shelter, including the hides. The wood also would be resourceful to make fires.

__ Czech ____ Republic __ Dolni Vestonice and Pavlov had a very large industry. They, the people, had meat, hides, and bones. (From the animals they hunted) They even made stews and gruels. Also they manufacted the worlds first ceramics. From mats, hangers bags, blankets, to clothes! The Graventage people even developed funeral practices!


 * __ Gulf __****__ of Zula __**

The Gulf of Zula is located ina deep cleft in Eritrea’s coastline. On the hillsides above the springs we found jet-black pieces of stone, that bear a resemblance to glass called obsidian, this material was used to make early tools. They made razors for skinning animals, cutting up the flesh for meat and scraping the hide to make water containers and clothing.

=Egypt=

Student Name: _

__At the bottom of the photo there seems to be un-polluted water, really clean. Above the beautiful blue water it looks like weeds and rocky land, brown and green. Above the rocky land there are plants, trees, and I think there are some palm trees to, that are really green. Behind the life forms, plants, is a dusty desert__
 * 1) In the above modern-day photo of the Nile, name and describe the color and feel of each of the five areas. Start at the very bottom of the photo. What do you see? How would describe this area? Then, go on to the area just above it. Describe each area or band. Do not describe the sky.

2. Based on this color photograph alone, why would you say the Egyptians would have been drawn, or attracted, to settling in communities along the banks of the Nile River? __They lived near the shoreline because of the abundance of fish in the water and possible small game in the brush\__ __of the forest__ 1)The Nile River is giving 2) It is giving because of the fish for eating and the animals that come and drink at the Nile River. Plus water resources. 3)There is a big relationship between the Egyptian civilization and the nile. The Egyptians get almost all their resources from the Nile. But, occasionally they will get more resources then they need from the Nile River, but almost every time they use all of the resources they get from the river