2 Hour Delay and More Guns, Germs, and Steel

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   Today in class, we watched more of the video Guns, Germs, and Steel, but we had a two hour delay, so our class was shortened. However, in the very beginning of class we got to see/pet a dog and he was very cute and fluffy. This was the highlight of class for me, along with seeing the pictures of Mr. Schick's dogs. We also saw pictures Mr. Schick took over the break where his daughter got engaged! After this, we had to get started with class, so he turned on the video while we took notes on it. Here were the notes that I took today:
  • All great civilizations have these three things: advanced technology, large population, and a well-organized work force
  • Diamond had to study pre-history (13,000 years ago where people were hunter-gatherers) in order to answer his questions/curiosities
  • One of the only places people still live like hunter-gatherers= Papa New Guinea
  • New guineans would gather trees (Sago trees) to cook, prepare, and eat
  • Women would do the gathering in Papa New Guinea 
  • Sago (Papa New Guinea) vs. wheat and barley (Middle East)
  • Gathering= harder work, but generally more productive than hunting
  • One Sago tree holds about 70 pounds of Sago- takes days to deal with/process, cook, make it dough, etc (no protein/not nutritious, but will keep you from being hungry) feeds for a short time (good for days)
  • In Middle East, there were many more plants to gather (wheat and barley)- much better and more nutritious that Sago
  • World became colder/dryer- Stone Age/drought lasting thousands of years- new way of living in Middle East (it prospered)
  • Draa- one of the earliest permanent settlements ever (archaeologists found it)
  • 1100 thousand years ago= Draa (found by radiocarbon dating)
  • Granary- a place where they're able to store food year-round on a permanent basis (storage for surplus on food) Used so people can focus on other things- start of work force/advancements

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