Chapter 2.

the earliest civilization accrued 3500 B.C.E to 3000 B.C.E. in three places .. still confused on how civilization emerged ? and how are we so sure with the evidence in the texts are actual facts ?


china being described as a central state ruled by strong people (the ruler ruled from a mandate from heaven). He's called son of heaven  why was he called son of heaven?. they had a large powerful central govt. all of the first civilizations came from competing chiefdoms.

it amazed me that they formed all of the agriculture by just trying things out . they used what they could and basically started life,

the urban revolution really caught my attention because it just amazes me that they did all of this stuff starting anew era of agriculture and just forming everything off of that, like uruk building  the walls more than twenty feet , visible all around for miles .
 gender and equality , inequality came around after hierarchy soon came to regard normal and natural , there was now class , Upper class middle class and lower class, upper class enjoyed wealth in land or salaries they were able to avoid physical labor they had the finest of everything . they were distinguished by the clothing they wore they house they lived in and the manner of their burial. I think just because you have more wealth than everyone else should not make you better than everyone else I didn't realize back then its kind of they same as now where the people that have better things and more wealth walk around thinking they are the top dog of everyone and I think its so wrong .

its so wrong that gender started to play a huge role in everything now , men were know as superior to women and men had rights to to legal and property rights unknown to women ,what's so fair about that I know life is not fair but giving men the rights to own property and not women ? that's crap what do men have that women don't? sure they might seem like they work harder but in really women work just as hard just in different jobs .

This chapter really got me interested in the gender and equality part because I believe if you are man or women you should be able to anything you want there shouldn't be any specific jobs that women and men have.