The Epic of Gilgamesh

Last week, we were assigned roles and scenes from a chapter of the epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh. My group and I were assigned to be group one.

The purpose for this was to bring to life what the Mesopotamians wrote thousands of years ago. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a long book, which makes it to some extent more interesting to read. The fact that the Mesopotamians wrote this book thousands of years ago, and it is still around.

Furthermore, each group had to come up with a way to bring the story to life. Whether it was from utilizing props or changing your one's voice to match the character's personality. It is interesting to see how the Mesopotamians perceived each character.

However, the story plot itself is not easy to follow. The Epic is a bit too complex. That is the reason we acted out a few scenes from the Epic, to help us understand what is going in an easier way.

It was a great idea nonetheless.

Agriculture

It is hard to believe that the Ice Age ended about 11,000 years ago. The Agricultural Revolution practically began when the Ice Age ended. 

It is interesting to learn about when and where agricultural breakthroughs happened. For example, in Southwest Asia, my agricultural breakthrough occurred between 9000-7000 b.c.e. In Eastern Woodlands of N.A. between 2000-1000 b.c.e. 

There is a section on ch.2 of the Strayer book the writes about corn. There is a timeline of the evolution of corn. It has history as early as 9000-8000 b.c.e. until 16th-18th century c.e. 

Agriculture dates back to as many thousands of years ago.  

My Thoughts on Historical Timelines- Ch.1 reading

It's amazing and interesting at the same time to think about how long the earth has been around. History can only go back so far. There is just so much we do not know. 

I found the time table on page 13 quite interesting. It is a timeline of date and beginning of a new historical event in history, of course. For example, the first time recording it states is "Earliest bipedal homids" which was approximately 7 to 6 million years ago. Cool, right? Another time in history is states is "Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa" which was approximately 250,000 years ago. The last category in history is states is "Human entry into New Zealand" which was approximately 1,000. That one is the most recent. 

The most recent is 1k years ago, yet it seems like centuries ago. As year by year goes by, one does not notice how fast the years go by until you reflect 5-10 or maybe 20-30 years back. Then one will see the many changes, struggles, victories that he/she went through. 

History may not seem interesting to every one, but it is important. It is important to understand our past. Whether our past is from Europe, Africa, Australia, South America, or North America. History is and will always be apart of us. The past is a learning experience to prevent to remake same mistakes in the future. 

Overall, my intake in today's class reading is that history is important. There is a historical timeline that tells us, the reader, what and when things occurred in history. If you ask me, I think that's pretty amazing. 

If you bothered to read this, thank you xx