Blog Post #4

How would you define the Mesopotamian ideal of kingship? What is the basis of the monarch's legitimacy?

The ideal of kingship during the Mesopotamian Era was very big headed and competitive. The men's egos fueled their rage for dominance. Which usually lead to a battle until one came out on top and most powerful. Along with the fights the competition continued when they would compare to see who was able to complete more things in their society. And who was able to be an example of greatness to the people. Also the Kings had to be god like figures. Built like a god and must be as good looking as a god. You had to represent a god in the people's eyes of your own society.

Blog Post #3

Probably had to be the longest and most boring thing that I have read. I fell asleep multiple times reading this. I had to spread out the reading. Even though the reading was exhausting, cannot lie that I didn't learn something new. I didn't know that cities in Egypt were less important than in Mesopotamia. I have always been really interested in Egypt and their society and ways of living and this reading helped give me a more detailed look into it.

Reading Blog Post #2

What do you think of Nissa's account as a description of what Paleolithic peoples might have been like? 

I believe that Nissa gives the reader a good perspective of how woman's lives were during the Paleolithic era. She explains the struggles of woman and difficulties that they faced every day.

As for the mens point of view I don't think that Nissa was able to give the reader a well understanding of what it may of been like to be a male during the Paleolithic era. Only because the view of men was through a woman's eyes and in order to get a more accurate and right description of what it was like for men during that era. One would need to hear it from a male not from a woman.