chapter 7 documents

I always thought of Marco polo as a game you played in the pool but I was wrong once I read the documents about him , he was on that traveled to china well that's what the documents said , I thought the documents were very interesting on him but I do not like how it didn't describe all of the things that we read about in the actual chapter  I can never trust the documents fully because they weren't actually writing by people they talk about. i really enjoy reading about the china markets because they are always so fresh and has varities  of stuff to choose from, i bet polo had great time in the markets.

chapter 7

I found it neat that in chapter 7 they had roads to transfer their goods . They had three roads sand, sea ,and the silk roads they were all different yet similar at the same time the silk road they discovered various technologies like yokes , saddles, and stirrups , they used camels, oxen, and horses  for transportation . the sand road used camels for transportation because camels can last along time without water . they transfer ivory , koal nuts  , gold and other various goods.
sea roads connected east Asia to Eurasia and transferred oil, ivory, gold ,greens ,perfumes those were the main things more on page (347) . I think that it is cool that they have roads to carry diffent items and for trade as well so they don't have to make a journey without knowing where they are going they have set roads which is cool.

chapter 6 documents

while reading the documents I found the Christian topography very confusing  . I found how they baring for gold oddly weird and confusing they said if the  owner likes the meat he takes  the gold  but if he was unsatisfied he left the gold ? who is he leaving the gold for the owner of the meat or the native ?  the travelers can spend up to five days more of less in one country to barging and they have to come armed because the tribes might see them passing as a threat ... that is kind of scary . the  travel for 6 months in that 6 months are they barging the whole time ?

chapter 6

I thought it was very interesting to read that Africa was one of the ,most tropical places of the worlds three supior continents , all I ever here is all of the bad stuff that goes on in Africa never that it is tropical.
 I compared the specializations with our society now and how they passed the specializations on to their kids , the specialized in cotton weaving leather workers , potter and griots . The became casts and then passed the casts down to their children. I thought that was similar to people in todays society because when some families become doctors they want their kid to follow their foot steps or when family opens a family business they want there kids to keep the business going .
it interested me to that west Africa become more firmly to north Africa but not completely eliminating  the decentralized city life of niger valley.

chapter 5

as a women in todays society it was hard to read all of the inequality's because I am a  not believer in that stuff a women should not have set rules and other obligations to go by.
I hate how the classes of rich poor an middle class is so divined and just all of the classes are looked below each other , just because of money no one should be better than someone.
I strongly am against slavery and people should be ashamed of having slavery we all have hands and feet we should be doing out own dirty work not having someone in a lower class do it for us.

chapter 5 docs

In the chapter 5 docs the lessons for women really interested me because they were very interesting.
 I didn't like in the humility that they basically put women /girl babies down when the babies are first born they put them below the bed to show that they are weak and should regard it as her primary duty to humble herself before others and then gave her  a pot to remind her and teach her , her house hold duties . I think that is very disrespectful and wrong it put strong women down and makes us feel like we are nothing. I am very strong on equality or men and women because in my eyes and women can do any mans jobs so in my world there is not specified jobs for women and men.
With the man and wife thing its wrong that men can do things and get away with it but then women do it and get in trouble like a double standard , and if the man isn't controlling is wife then his rules of conduct are broken and abandoned . That's so stupid no man should control there wife and no wife should control her man . in a relationship it should be equal equality . these sections got me really interested yet very upset at the same time. I also do not like that women can not be "brilliant " they can not use smart words they have to dumb themselves down is just stupidity to me .

chapter 4 docs

I really enjoy reading about the Confucius analects they really catch my attention because they are so interesting his thoughts are real and true to life. All of his texts became a touchstone for all educated people in china and across much of east Asia. How can one persons philosophy get spread so fast ? why did people like his stuff so much that they kept his philosophy to this day?
     Confucius said "if the people be led by laws and uniformity sought to be given them by punishment they will try to avoid the punishment  but have no sense of shame" If led by virtue and uniformity sought to be given them by the rules of propriety they will have the sense of shame and moreover will become good ." I think this is very true saying if people are going to be held by laws most of them will be broken and they will not be followed but If they are kind of easy and not so strict more people will follow the rule and be true to them.
    All though I have no fully understood the other seminal thinkers out of all of them so far I think Confucius is the easiest to read and understand and I agree will his philosophy 100%. I can not wait to start to get into all of the other seminal thinkers.