Saturday, January 5, 2013

Today in class (day 55)

Today in class we were learning about how some civilizations advanced quicker then others. For example, the Americans were one of the first developed civilizations of the time and more advanced too. In Guns germs and steel, the Americans landed a plane in New Guinea and showed them a record player. This back then was a sign of great wealth and something most New Guineans had never seen and would probably never even own in their lifetime. Then the people carried the men across a stream. Back then it was thought that white men were superior to the blacks and it was a genetic type of superiority. Also, in New Guinea the people were forced to rely on the materials found in nature to build their society off of. They hunted and gathered their food for many days. Because they did not have much, most meat was eaten raw and their was no fires. Gun germs and steel was very interesting and i am looking forward to the next video.

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