Wednesday, January 28, 2015

January 28, 2015: Class

Today in Western civilization we reviewed the power-point for the Mesopotamia test tomorrow. Some important things to know would be:
- Paleolithic age: the old stone age
- Neolithic age: The new stone age
- Males were dominant compared to women
- Patricians were dominant to Plebians
- People with money were better compared to poor people
- Hammurabi's code was seen as "an eye for an eye"
- Villagers were Polytheists: many Gods
- Populations rose due to increased ability to care for young
- Cuneiform: Earliest form of writing
- Better food storage allowed for diversity of professions

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