Ancient India Blog

Ancient India Blog Post

The history of India began with the evidence of human of anatomically modern humans, as long as 75 thousand years ago. The Indus valley (Which was located in South Asia) spread in the northwestern part of the Indian Subcontinent during 3300 to 1300 BCE in. During the Stone Age of the Indian civilization isolated remains of the Homo erectus found in the Narmada Valley in central India. The Ancient history of region includes some of South Asia’s oldest settlements and also some of its big civilization. The Vedic Period was made by the indo-Aryan culture with the texts of Vedas which were sacred to Hindus.

The Vedas were some of the oldest texts in India. The Vedic period contributed the foundations of Hinduism and other cultures. The caste system when from, Brahmin who were priests and Kings, Kshatriya who are usually the warriors, The Vaishyas are warriors, and finally the sudras, which are the lowest of the lowest. There is one more class called the untouchables, but the upper classes are not allowed to interact with them. The Law says that if the Brahmins interact with the Untouchables, they get lowered a rank in the caste system. The Government can’t say anything about it because of the many people BELIEVE that it is not alright to touch the untouchables because of the Law.

From what I learned the world seems to be a little better but still the same because there is still A LOT of poverty currently in India. It surprised me how people treated the untouchables, and I feel like untouchables could have had more rights and such, but the law didn’t allow it. It didn’t surprise me that they would have a caste system that would degrade humans (The Untouchables and such).  It’s interesting to know how the society was before modern civilization occurred and how people treated other people.

"The Caste System." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2015.

"History of India." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.

The U.S. is losing a generation Article

The U.S. is losing a generation Article

This article talks about how The U.S. is losing a generation

because of poverty. The article says that since so many people are

poor, they don’t have enough money to live on and survive. It also

says how we were getting more jobs, from 1999 to 2000, but at

2000 they started getting paid worse. Many people started to live in

houses but people still are in poverty. In total 46% percent of

families are poor/near poor, and are struggling economically.

My opinion on this article is that all the facts are true and such.

Many of the families that live in the U.S. are still struggling poverty

and such. Many people don’t understand this, and it really bugs me.

I want people to get out of poverty because I feel bad for them. This

is the end of my opinion.

Potts, Monica. "The U.S. Is Losing a Generation to Poverty." The Daily

Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, 18 Sept. 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014.

Ted Talk on "We need money for aids. So lets print it."

                                                 

Ted Talk on We need money for Aids, so lets print it

summary

This Ted talk is about how money can be printed to save children and

such. Even though the people who were in the range of making 1.25 has

shrunken down by 50%. His point is that if the central bank of The United

States, United Kingdom, and Japan created 3.7 Trillion to by things that

they need for their countries, so The presenter wonders, what we can

print money to help with poverty, without inflation. He thinks that if they

can just have a few bits of money from The central banks, they could all

stop poverty. He also brings up her daughter, and giving a little example

of the daughter seeing a poor man, and when they went into a coffee

shop (Or such) she drew money to give to the poor man, and her father

asked, “what are you doing?” She says “I’m making money for the poor

man outside.” Then he said “You can’t do that”. Dumbfounded The

daughter replied, “Why not?”. and he said “....”

My opinion

I feel like this is a great idea and that they should get money from banks.

If the three banks from the different countries could do it for supplies, why

can’t people use it against poverty? I really enjoy how he brings up the

examples of his daughter, and saying that if we could take a little money

to get rid of poverty, it would help out. I understand what this person

wants to do, and I am full on with him. Thank you for reading my opinion.

"We Need Money for Aid. So Let's Print It." Michael Metcalfe:. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.

Egypt Poverty Blog

Egypt Poverty

During Ancient Egypt, the only people who earned a lot of money at the time were Kings, and Priest. Many families at least had to have 3 people work at a job in order to have enough money to buy food.  The period at the end of the Old Kingdom was known as the First Intermediate period was considered to be a low point In Egyptian History when control broke down leaving the Civil war. The war caused famine and Poverty. Many people think that most tomb biographies reflect poverty, and what they did with it.

People who had no money and such couldn't get a proper burial, and all the people who did get a proper burial (Such as Pharaohs and Priests) got a lot of income from their jobs. Usually people who get buried in a tomb, are pharaohs. But if you have enough money, you can do it too, but that is very rare, because most of the people who lived in Ancient Egypt were poor. Many people who didn't have enough money couldn't have a say if they were going to heaven or to hell. This made people not care if they did wrong actions, and it made poverty stay the same.

How does what you learned compare to what is going on now in the world. How is it the same, how is it different?

A: I say it is little different, with people getting more jobs and there is less poverty. But we still have a lot of poverty.

What surprised you, what did not?

A: Mostly that Egyptians couldn't take care of their people the right way. And I sort of knew that they were in a poverty crisis.

How does what you learned potentially make us look at things different now? How can it help combat the injustice today?

A: It shows that the world can change after a while, and It shows how much we can change, and we are already combating Justice for no Poverty.

Why is it interesting to know?

 A: This is interesting to know if you are interested in poverty, and you are trying to get rid of poverty.

Bibliography:

"First Intermediate Period: A Dark Age?" Ancient Egypt: Was the First Intermediate Period a "dark Age" N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2015.

"Mysteries of Ancient Egypt." Mysteries of Ancient Egypt. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2015.