Chapter Seven Continuation: Civilization of Mesoamerica

In this section of the reading they talked about Mesoamerica. Something that the reading talked about and got my attention was that Mesoamerica was also a distinct region. In that region they bounded together by elements of a common culture. Another thing that this section talked about was about the Maya's. The reading told us how there writing was and how everything worked out for them to write. Something that really got my attention was when the section started talking about the Teotihuacan. This got my attention because I knew a little about them. But since I read about them now I know more about those people.

Chapter Seven Continuation: South of the Equator: The World of Bantu Africa

This section of the book talks about the Khoikhoi of South Africa. Something that this section told us about was that the Khoikhoi people of South Africa were originally gatherers and hunters. They adopted cattle and sheep raising from outside. Also another thing that this section told us about the Khoikhoi was that they illustrate the interaction and selective cultural borrowing that took place among the various peoples of the region. This got my attention because I got to learned something about the Khoikhoi do South Africa.

Chapter Seven Continuation: Along the Niger River: Cities without States

This section talked about the Niger River. Something that got my attention and was mention on the reading was that Egypt, China, the Roman Empire, or Axum were Niger urban centers. These Niger urban centers were not encompassed within some larger imperial system. Nor were they like the city-states of ancient Mesopotamia, but according to a leading historian of the region they were "cities without citadels". This got my attention because i got the opportunity to learned what this states were.

Chapter Seven Continuation: The African Northeast

In this section of the chapter something that the chapter talked about was that during the classical era and older African civilizations such as Egypt and Nubia persisted and changed. They did that while new civilizations emerged in Axum and the Niger River valley. Also in south of the equator the Bantu-speaking peoples spread rapidly and created many new societies and identities. Another thing that this section talked about was during the fourth through the six centure C.E., Axum mounted a campaign of imperial expansions that took its forces into the Kingdom of Meroe and across the Red Sea into Yemen in South Arabia.

Chapter Seven: Classical Era Variations

In this section of the chapter something that attracted my attention was a snapshot of the Continental Population in the Classical Era3. It got my attention because it gave us the name of the states with there population. Also another thing was that it gave us the area of it. Another thing that this section talked about and got my attention was during the classical era, older African civilization such as Egypt and Nubia persisted and changed while new civilization emerged in Axum and the Niger River valley. Also south of the equator the Bantu-speaking peoples spread rapidly and created many new societies and identities in the are.This got my attention because it showed me how people will great societies and how they will manage to keep them under control.

Chapter Six Continuation: Comparing Patriarchies of the Classical Era

While reading this section I knew it was really going to get my attention. Am saying this because it talks about what women's will do and how they will maintain there families alive. Women's back in the classical era were different from the ones today. Something that got my attention while I read this section was that for a long time, the spinning and weaving of cloth were part of women's domestic work in china. Also another thing that got my attention was that woman will work as a team to help one another survive. This got my attention because back in the ancient ear woman were not treated the same as man.

Chapter Six Continuation: Slavery in the Classical Era: The Case of the Roman Empire

This section of the chapter it talked about slavery. Something that attracted my attention while reading this section was that in some societies, the children of slaves inherited the status of their parents, while in others, such as the Aztec Empire, they were considered free people. Another thing that got my attention while reading this section, the classical civilization of Eurasia differed considerably in the prominence and extent of slavery in their societies. Something else that this section talked about was that they compared Greco-Roman and American Slavery to each other. They told us the source of slaves, race, manumission, roles/work, and the fate of slavery. The section explain all of those things in such detail that it wasn't hard to understand.