Chapter 2

Reading about all these ancient civilizations in chapter 2 made me think about how all these great civilizations like Rome, Greece, and Mesopotamia are no longer that great. Right? Growing up, in history class all you would hear about is "Rome this" or "Mesopotamia that." Its weird how these great civilizations basically shaped history by their acts. The Mesopotamians with their writing and the Egyptians with their pyramids. But nowadays, Egypt is having political problems and Mesopotamia isnt even here anymore. Its just weird to know that these formidable civilizations crumbled at some point and withered away. If you think about it, the United States wasnt even formed until years and years later. Maybe other civilizations copied the ways of these great countries and somehow took them over? Its a good thing that these civilizations fell because it allows us to learn from their mistakes. They say that history repeats itself. What if the United States follows in their footsteps and crumbles? Anyways, I also read that slavery wasn't really associated primarily with "blackness." I think thats weird. If those ancient societies didnt really use black people, where did we Americans get the idea that "black" people were to be slaves? Thats really weird.