What gives a government the right to rule over people?

 I don't believe the government has the right to rule the people in a way that takes away their freedom. The government has a purpose to represent and serve the people. "Ashoka's government promoted the welfare of the people by kind acts such as digging new wells, building hospitals for people and animals, allowing freedom of religion and easing harsh laws." [Concise world History] In this instance the government is helping the people and representing them properly.

Are harsh punishments needed to keep people in line?

 If we don't have any punishments then people would think murdering is ok and stealing is ok because there is no punishment for it. So we need to have a balance to know that there is a punishment for something big or small. If we did something like murder, it's a big crime so you would need to have bigger consequences so you can learn that it's not just ok.

IS Geography DESTINY?

In the chapter the ancient Egyptians considered themselves the privileged in there time, because they were next to the nile river. So in a way geography IS DESTINY RIGHT??????? The rest of the Africans were not so lucky because their continent was long rather than wide the African tribes had different land and were contentious with one another because they envied one another for there land. Where as in Europe the land was wide and the people lived peacefully MOSTLY. So Geography is destiny in a way.

The influence of good then vs. now

In this chapter, we saw evidence that some government and religions in ancient societies encouraged their people to be good and fair to each other. Do we see similar evidence in our society? 

In modern culture I think we see less of an influence to be good in governments but probably about the same in religion. Society today seems so dead set on letting people be whoever they whomever they be and the line between good and evil is very vague. In religion there is a lot of influence and encouragement to be good and fair, depending upon your religion.

<3~Miriam

Can civilizations exist without governments to maintain control?


Without any form of government we would be in total anarchy, and even if there are people who wouldn't do bad things there are still people who would take advantage of almost no consequences. I think that there is a balance between absolute tyranny and anarchy.

modern people VS ancient people

Are modern people smarter than ancient people, or do we just have better technology?

 I think ancient people were smart and started many of the things we use today and as we continue to grow we gain more knowledge and build on what they started.  We have a lot of technology now that does allows us to advance more quickly. Though, God is the one who gives us knowledge and who controls everything, he has is own timeline for us.

assignments due 9/19

Chapter 2 of Concise History and answer a question at the end of chapter

Watch CNN10

Country project work

Ask your parents to tell you about their experiences on 9/11.