Shaw And Smith Analysis

In Egypt specialized labor was a feature to societies in the southern part of the Nile River valley, Egyptian and Nubian lands build patriarchal societies that placed authority in the hands of adult males. The Egyptian economy was really productive because of it’s location and prosperity of the location, Egypt was a center of trade, linking lands in southwest Asia, the eastern Mediterranean, and sub Saharan Africa. The Nile allowed Egyptians to travel back and forth due to the winds, all you needed to do is change your sail. Mesopotamia is known as the fertile crescent. There was much farming in ancient Mesopotamia. Farmers would dig trenches from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to keep their soil moist. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were very important in Ancient Mesopotamia,

Janet Lee’s and Susan M. Shaw’s, Women’s Voices Feminist Visions Classic and Contemporary Readings did provide the proper data to support their analyses. Lee and Shaw used sufficient evidence to address their main topic- the analysis of women’s gender studies by examining historical and contemporary writings. In chapter one Lee and Shaw discussed the purpose of women’s studies and examined gender. The ideas of feminism we evaluated, Lee and Shaw explained the negative attributes associated with feminism as well as the history of the gender movement. Women’s studies is a field of study that has been slowly expanding in the academic world sense the 1970’s. Lee and Shaw did provide the results to the data they analyzed. To prove their statements regarding the study of the

In Ancient Egypt the people lived differently than us. Instead of showers they used lakes or rivers. Instead of buying food at a store they have to hunt for their food. They also grow their food. The main crops they use are barley and emmer wheat. They use those items for making bread bread and beer. They even had their own language.

1. Shaw and Barry distinguish two different forms of utilitarianism. What are these two forms? Briefly describe each and use examples.

The Nile River was the life force of ancient Egypt. People from all over the region immigrated to the area for its irrigation waters and rich silt deposits. The geography of the region played a huge role in the way the inhabitants and civilization in general was formed. The main core of Egypt covered 386, 560 square miles, of which only 11, 720 were cultivable (Tignor et al., Worlds Together, 62). The Nile differed itself specifically from the Tigris and Euphrates in that its waters did not irrigate or fertilize nearly as well but it did create green belts along the water. This created a society that flourished along the river. The Nile unlike Mesopotamia did not have a bountiful borderland but did have a desert rich in materials. The Niles predictability as the source of life and abundance shaped the character of the people and their culture. (Tignor et al., Worlds Together, 63). The Nile was peaceful and calm unlike the vicious Tigris And Euphrates Rivers. Egypt with its natural borders, which included the Mediterranean Sea, Deserts, and Large Waterfalls, was very isolated. This helped to achieve

The Neolithic Revolution was the major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming. This revolution changed people’s lives in several ways. It changed the way people lived because before the Neolithic Revolution they relied on hunting and gathering food. It also changed the way they settled, because of this revolution they were able to live in villages for a long time, unlike before; they had to relocate often because their food source would become scarce.  The way civilizations lived changed because of the Neolithic Revolution. A civilization is a form of culture that consists of cities, advanced technology, specialized workers, complex institutions, and record keeping. The early river valley civilizations; which developed in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, and China, had more similarities than differences. The river valley civilizations were similar when it came to their writing systems, inventions, and geography. However, they were also different when it came to writing systems and inventions.

The Nile River was crucial to the development of job specialization in this civilization. It not only supported farmers who used the river to fill irrigation canals, but supported everyone from craftsmen to sailors. In order to use the river for transportation, society needed workers

One reason I believe that pyramids were built by a combination of forced labors and paid labors is because document a says "He closed all the temples and forced all the Egyptians to work for him " This is considered forced labor because Cheops (Khufu) is forcing Egyptians to work for him. Document a says "Some were forced to mine stones, and he ordered others to move the stones after they had been carried over the river in boats" This shows

Tim Shaw is a sculptor who created a sculpture of a man in fire. This sculpture is called Erebus; it took him 7 years to finish this piece. This sculpture especially caught my attention as it is seen as a very strong and powerful sculpture. I have decided to draw this this sculpture because it could relate to my theme Decay. In my perspective by looking at this sculpture of a burning man could show that this man is at his last stage of life where he is about to die. This sculpture has a lot of meaning behind it…

You can kind of tell that people in Egypt think differently. They thought that they were fair, but I don't think that they were. They think that they can let other people be “better” than others. Like the pharaoh gets all of this fancy gold and jewelery and a nice, decant job. Other people, that are not like that don't get anything.

The following quote was stated by Zahi Hawass; an Egyptian archaeologist whose article was featured in Document C, “Those who died during the process were honored for their work and buried near the sacred pyramids of the Pharaohs.” This quote stood out to me because it provides evidence that the workers were treated with respect, meaning they weren’t slaves. A slave at that time was often whipped and beat for any wrong move.

Egypt is the most iconic of the river valley civilizations and it is also one of the most significant civilizations of all. The trade mark of Egypt is the Nile River. It was the most Important part of the geography. The predictable and cyclical flooding of the Nile was what helped agriculture thrive in Egypt. Agriculture emerged in Egypt by 5,000 BCE. The flooding of the river acted as a perfect irrigation system for plants and silt that cam from the river was nutrient rich and helped grow plants at a great scale. Egyptian agriculture was so successful that there was a great surplus of food.

Despite the various differences between the First Civilizations, one commonality is that they all were “made possible by the immense productivity of the Agricultural Revolution”(62). According to Strayer, “only an agricultural technology permitted human communities to produce sufficient surplus to support large populations and the specialized or elite minorities who did not themselves produce food”(68). Furthermore, the “growing density of population, producing more congested and competitive societies, was a fundamental motor of change..:” (69). As a result of the increasing numbers of population, a different way of getting food was needed and this led to the development of the first civilizations. Civilizations have affected the world because of the new inventions and way of living that came along with it and that is still being practiced today.

Then next in the social pyramid would be the visor, small portions of the land belong to notables for example, priests, scribes, doctors, lawyers, or important military personnel, and slaves and peasants worked for the government. "The historical evidence suggests that farmers and other workers were employed during the flood season to erect the pyramids and other large building projects" (Rymer, 2000-2010). There were two types of workers in Egypt- skilled and unskilled, skilled worked year round and are crafted in goldsmiths, carpenters, sculptors, rock cutters, and painters. Unskilled workers were slaves and peasants that worked in large groups during the flood season producing crops.

The agriculture surpluses produced from the irrigating techniques of the time were sufficient to support a class of non farmers consisting of merchants, politicians and religious figures. This separation from the land and the free time associated with this separation allowed some of the people of UR to focus their energy on things other then sustenance such as structural innovation, creativity in the form of the arts, rudimentary medicine, law and religion.