Taj Mahal

The story talks abute how and why the Taj Mahal was built and by who. It was built by Khurram, afterward called Shah Jahan which means "King of the world". One day he went to the Bazar and he saw a girl. Khurram fell in love with her. She was called Arjumand. After, he married her and they had kids. One day he decided to call her wife Mumtaz Mahal which means "Jewel of the palace". One day Shah Jahan was told that his father died and he needed to return to his palace. Years later, Khurram an Arjumand had a daughter,  but after that Mumtaz died. Shah Jahan decided to show the world how much they loved each other so he decided to build a tomb for her, the most pretty tomb ever. That's how he showed his love.

Hindu god (Ganesha: Lord of Success)

Ganesha was the god of success. He holds two objects in her two hands. Those two objects were the one that she had in her right hand,a goad which he used to propel mankind forwards on the eternal path and remove obstacles from the way. In his left hand he has a noose that he uses to capture difficulties. Ganesha has an elephant head, big ears and huge pot-bellied. He was one of the five prime Hindu deities. They worship this god because he took the difficulties out. He is also known as the god of education. He destroyed the vanity, selfishness and pride.

Faceless' Indus Valley City Puzzles Archaeologists

This article talks about how the Indus valley civilization disappeared. Well, there are a lot of theories, one of the theories says that there was an earthquake and that it destroyed the city of Mohenjo Daro. The other one is that because of the floods the farmers left because the fertile soil was turning into a desert. However, no one dose really know what actually happened. The Indus valley civilization was discovered  in 1911. There is no evidence of the civilization. We don't know how they lived, where they lived, if they had any rulers. We don't know if they had a priest or a king or queen because there is nothing left.

Roach, John. "'Faceless' Indus Valley City Puzzles Archaeologists." National 
     Geographic. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 May 2011.
     <http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/mohenjo-daro/>.

Reflection on unit

Well, I think that for the first two projects I did a good job, but for the last one I really made a mistake. After doing every single thing I forgot to hand in the papers and I got a 0. During this unit we did a lot of things: we did three big projects and some small things. For the end of the unit we played a game called jeopardy. I think this unit was really fun to do. I was very collaborative in the first project when my partner was Eliza and we were supposed to describe the climate and the physical features of Egypt. For the second project, which was an individual project, I was a thinker. I am a risk-taker because I do really dangerous things and I'm caring because I help out other people. The people were inquirers. Only the ones that inquire are the ones that achieve something. The people needed to adapt to the environment in order to survive. That's why they came up with some brilliant ideas: writing system, dams, fire, clothes,  irrigation system, etc. The IB profile was very helpful because it helps me name some qualities I have and I it is well organized.

my art work

In my work there are four gods (Anubis, Hathor, Ra and Osiris) I chose them because they are one of the most common. In my picture these gods are in a tomb and they are heading their way out of the tomb to the palace. The significance of this picture is the representation of the gods in Ancient Egypt.

Question #3 (importance of the nile river)

How do natural features such as rivers, lakes and mountains help unite people or keep them isolated from each other?

The natural environment made every transportation hard to human. The mountains block humans to get to the other side and they complicated transportation. For example, the sea block because you need to cross it and it takes a long time. In the old times, it took months or  years to cross whatever sea was there. Nowadays it is easy because we have airplanes which are fast. The Egyptians used the Nile river as a highway. They used it to get to other places like Sudan and others. The Nile was very useful for them.

My trip down the nile

in the water the boat floats the sun is burning over are heads the wind blows through my hair the water moves calmly and gently the birds sing along the river in the trees near the river banks we sail along and we see the history we see the pyramids we see the women collection crops are boat goes and travels along the river and we sit and relax.