Reading!

I’ve read 919 pages since the beginning of the school until September. I’ve read 1,250 from November until December. My goal is to read 2,000 pages by the end of this year but I’ll probably pass that up before May.

My Neo-Babylonian Empire Project!!!

The Neo-Babylonian Empire is and was not very well known. Infact before I wrote this I didn’t know what the Neo-Babylonian Empire was. The Neo-Babylonian Empire was the final period of Babylonia. Neo- means new so really this empire should be called New Babylonia.  This empire I think is a civilization because an empire is usually stable.

    Government was very important to everyone and still is everywhere today. Government controls the safety of a lot of people. In the Neo-Babylonian Empire there was a monarchy. That means they had a kingdom instead of government officials. Their most famous king was Nebuchadnezzar II. He was a ruthless and mean military ruler. He reigned from 605 to 562 B.C.E. In 539 B.C.E Cyrus came in and ruled from the Persian Empire. Their government was small and was invaded so it was stable until then.

    The Neo-Babylonian Empire had some art but the art wasn’t very famous. In 612 B.C.E there was a final event of Mesopotamian culture in southern Iraq under the last dynasty of Babylonian kings, during the reigns of Nabopolassar (625-605 b.c.e) there was a lot of building activity. Temples and ziggurats were repaired or rebuilt in almost all of the old cities. Babylon was built bigger and had towered and moated fortress walls. There is a famous piece of art in Neo-Babylon it’s called the Ishtar gate it was made for Ishtar the goddess and rebuilt because it fell apart. Art was famous in cities like Paris but I’ve never heard of art come from “Neo-Babylon before.

 Religion is important in every civilization, everyone believes in something. In Neo-Babylon the people were very polytheistic. They believed in thousands of gods, but only twenty were worshiped more than the other nine hundred and eighty. Anu, Enlil, and Ea were patron deities of Sumer and each had some of the universe to share. Anu was god of the heavens and patron god for Uruk. Enlil was god of the earth; Ea was the lord of water and the god of craftsmen. Astral deities included Shamash the sun-god, Sin the moon-god, and Ishtar the morning and evening star goddess. Adad was the god of storms, and Ninurta was the god of war and hunting; Enuma Elish was the most important. The Neo-Babylonian Empire had gods like Rome; there were tons of them and were all important.

 Writing is something that everyone learns to do, everyone writes differently and writing started back in the ancient times. The people of Neo-Babylon wrote in cuneiform they got that from Mesopotamia, Akkadia, and Sumer. Their writing and language came from those bordering countries around it. The citizens of the Neo-Babylonian Empire used waxed writing boards to write on. Neo-Babylonian people spoke the Akkadian language which leads to their handwriting. Other things they wrote on were clay tablets along with the Mesopotamians. Writing was important then and still is today all over the world.

 A stable food supply is important in every civilization if you don’t have enough food the people that don’t get food will die. The people got their water from canals and irrigation systems all over the empire. There were farmers throughout the empire they grow corn, wheat, and vegetables. The people also picked berries and hunted for animals so they could have meat. The famous hanging gardens were kept up by the help of irrigation systems. Food supply has to be good in civilizations in modern day United States or our country would have a lot more problems.

 Technology is helpful all over the world especially in the United States because all of the new electronics that can help us get things done faster. The technology back then wasn’t as great as ours is now. Some things they had were Iron Age pots, huge ziggurats, siege towers, and steles. There technology included building supplies and buildings ours are electronics and power tools. It’s a lot different now than it was and I can’t believe how great my generation is. Their technology helps them have shelter and other things because I don’t think that the Neo-Babylonian Empire was a very poor empire. Technology affects everyone now and then because it’s just that important.

 The social structure in every country is important so there can be security. Social structure in the Neo-Babylonian Empire was fairly normal for its time. The social pyramid included gods, kings, generals, farmers/workers, and peasants. The kings helped out all of the people and didn’t reign for long periods of time. Generals made sure the empire wasn’t invaded by enemies. The workers made money and helped out the society. The peasants were safe and secure because of the kings and generals. All of them are important and were well protected.

 The Neo-Babylonian Empire is a lot different from the United States. That is probably because there is such a time difference and we’re halfway across the world from each other. Their social structure was a success and I was happy to find that out otherwise I would have had to start over. This project was time consuming but I’m glad that I’m finally finished. The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a strong successful country until the Persian Empire took over. The Neo-Babylonian Empire was hard to do research on considering the fact it’s not very famous. I have never hears of the Neo-Babylonian Empire before so I was surprised to get it.

Miners stuck in Chile!

If I was stuck for sixty-nine days in a mine with thirty- two other people I would feel claustrophobic, trapped, scared, and would wonder when I would get out. How could everyone not get annoyed by each other eventually or run out of food. I would be psyched to get out but the tube was probably really out because it was such a small space I can’t imagine the things that were going through their heads they got all thirty-three people out.

Miles to Go

I finished a book two Tuesdays ago! It was called Miles to Go by Miley Cyrus it was 289 pages long. And it took me two weeks to finish. The book was an auto-Biography and she even added her own side comments about every statement. At the beginning she had an introduction then she talked about her early childhood. She immediately followed those chapters by her Sixth grade year. Which sounded pretty rough for her until… well you’re just going to have to read the book yourself to find out. Then she talked about Hannah Montana and how she got there. Also where she lives now and who her first boyfriend was that she won’t say his name then she talked about her sweet sixteen birthday party and Hannah Montana: the Movie and the Last song. She had stage fright like everyone else and she said her life isn’t any different from what it was before.

Silly Bandz

Silly Bandz are awesome!!!!!!!! The person that invented them is Rob Croak. I bet anyone between the ages of Five to Fourteen thank him. I know us Seventh Graders wear them all the time! Because, they’re awesome like us! (:

I Lost A Tooth! (:

I was eating pizza for dinner. Then all the sudden my tooth felt really super loose! ( By the Way it was already loose) So I went in the bathroom to see what was going on. I looked in my mouth and I was bleeding but the tooth was still there. So it took about three minutes but I pulled it out! So now there's an empty space in my mouth and it feels so weird!

SRI!!!!!!

I can not believe I got an eighth grade score on the SRI test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<3 (: 

Electronics?

You know electronics are affecting America right? But how do you look at it? Do think it's a bad effect or a good effect? But in my opinion I see it both ways. Now let us look at the bad side shall we?  Ok, you know it's bad when You, Your 6 year old Sister, and your friend from next door are having a perfectly normal conversation until....                        
Your friend says "I went to Snow Biz the other day and got a new flavor it kind of tasted like blueberry or maybe raspberry. Or it might me that other kind of berry um...... boysenberry?" I say ''Do you mean a Blackberry?" She says "No! That's a phone." You wouldn't have wanted to see my face after that comment. She says ''What?'' My sister says ''Even I know that's a fruit!'' I bet she felt really stupid after that. 
That goes to show way too many people have ''Smart Phones''

I Finnally Finished a Book!!!!

I finished a book yesterday! It was called Revenge of the Wannabes by Lisi Harrison. It was 296 pages long and it took me about 2 and half weeks to finish. The book was part of the Clique Series, there are fifteen books in the series and now I'm on the fourth book. It's called Invasion of the Boy Snatchers. The first pages picks up exactly from the last page in Wannabes. It was a pretty good book if you're a girl. I heard that the more books you read the drama gets even more intense. In this book Alicia wanted to be friends with Massie again but Massie, Kristen, Claire, & Dylan all made fun of her and they didn't want her to be in their "clique'' so Alicia made her own "clique'' with Olivia, Kori, and Strawberry (Danielle) to make competitors with Massie's clique. But at the end of the book Alicia and Massie were friends again!!!!!!!  =) =D =P <3