Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Mesopotamia Continued

You have until Friday to post a comment to the following question:

Would you rather be a hunter-gatherer like the Neanderthals or a farmer like the Sumerians became through innovative farming methods? Write your opinion along with advantages and disadvantages of each.

84 comments:

Anonymous said...

summian cause i would not want to die gathing.

Anonymous said...

hunter gather cause its fun hunting its awesome

Anonymous said...

iwoul be a hunter because i want to kill and eat animals because i'm a BAD BOY!

Anonymous said...

i would liike to be a hunter or gather cause i like adventre and plus the get meet but i would also like to be a planter cause they wont get killed and they would live longer and exirsie better

Anonymous said...

I would rather be afarmer like the Sumarians because they don't have to travel foram place to place, and they have a surplus of food.

Anonymous said...

i think i would rather be a farmer because it is closer to time now and no iceage also i think it would be easier ti farm.

Anonymous said...

Iwould love to be a Mesopotamian because it sounds so cool!

Anonymous said...

i would be sumerian farmer because i liketo farm

Anonymous said...

I would nt Want to be ether of them

Anonymous said...

I would be a hunter because they dont plant

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a farmer because i like animals

Anonymous said...

I'd rather be a farmer so i could get healthy food neanderthals are so dirty ew

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a farmer because you can grow a lot more at one time. A disadvantage of a hunter-gatherer is you have to move around because the animals don't stay in one place.

Anonymous said...

i would rather be a sumerian because they did not have to deal with the ice age and they had more opportunities then the neanderthals. they also had education and lived in communities.

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a summerian. Because i don't want to be killed hunting

Anonymous said...

hunter or gatherer because they use spears

Anonymous said...

huter gather cause i love hunting its so fun

Anonymous said...

I'd want to be a farmer.

Anonymous said...

I would be ahuter-gatherer because you could have fun hunting animals.

Anonymous said...

hunter gather becuase u get to hunt but u might notcause u wont get food

Anonymous said...

I would like to be a hunter because it would be fun killing animals

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a summarien because I think you would stay alive

Anonymous said...

A summarian farmer because they were smarter then the neaderthals and I dont want a huge nose

Anonymous said...

Iwould rather be a farmer like the sumerians because I think that would be more like our time that we are in right now=)

Anonymous said...

I would want to be a Sumarian farmer because they got paid, they didnt die as easily, they live in a town not caves, and they had more food.

Anonymous said...

I WOULD BE A HUNTER-GATHERER BECAUSE THEY GET MORE MEAT AND MEAT=BIG GUNS. THE HUNTERS HAVE TO GO INTO UNFOURMELER AREAS AND THE FARMERS HAVE TO WATER THEIR CROPS.

Anonymous said...

i would be a hunter-gatherer because you don't have to farm all your life or be a slave but it would be COLD if you where a Neanderthal but i still would be a hunter -gatherer

Anonymous said...

I would want to be a hunter-gather because I like to eat meat.

Anonymous said...

I would like to be a sumerian because if you hunted or gathered you could get killed easier and a sumerian you would have to farm and you would have food almost all the time.

Anonymous said...

I would be a sumerian because if you were a hunter gather you could get killed easier because your out with wild animals

Anonymous said...

My last one wasn't so great.I think I would want to be a mesopatamian, because of the video we watched in S.S. We would grow food, live pretty well, and have lot's of advantages. Such as the wheel, Plow , Boat , levees ,and all that other great stuff. Exept when we would break into civil war...but everything else seems pretty cool to me
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Anonymous said...

i would be a sumerians because they had better tools a diadvantage would bei would have to work a advantage would be better tools

Anonymous said...

a would rather be a farmer because I would have a better chance of living

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a farmer than a hunter gatherer. Advantages of being a farmer: you don't have to move to find food and you can get more food. Disadvantage: you can not grow meat. Advantage of being a hunter-gatherer: you can get meat. Disadvantage: you have to leave your village to find animals to hunt and you won't always find plants to gather for food.

Anonymous said...

I would be a sumerian farmer,because they got to stay in one area and nit walk for miles just to find meat. In the end it just not worth it. A farmer on the other hand just uses one medium size area. Also fruits and vegatables are healthier too.

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a Sumerian cause you don't get killed as much as the Neanderthals in hunting.

Anonymous said...

i would pick to be a sumerian because they would not have to work so hard for food and they would not have to follow their game every where.-_- $

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a hunter/gather because they don't have to work as hard as the farmers do

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a Sumerians over a hunter-gather. as a hunter-gather you would have a better chance at getting killed there for I would rather be a Sumerians.

Anonymous said...

i would want to be a farmer like the sumerians because then i would like not die hunting and stuff
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Anonymous said...

I'd rather be a farmer because then I wouldn't have to wander the earth even though I'd have to pay the king in grain. The advantige of a hunter gatherer is that he/she doesn't have to stay in one place though you have to fallow the animals.

Anonymous said...

I would like to be a hunter gatherer becuse i like to go hunting

Anonymous said...

I would pick the farmer because it would be easier to feed my family fruits and vegetables but the bad part about it is you have to pay for meat.

Anonymous said...

I would be a farmer. So I wouldn't die.

Anonymous said...

i would want to be a farmer so I can feed my family the fruits and vegetables I would gather.

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a hunter-gatherer because it would probably be easier but I don't know that.

Anonymous said...

Summerian,because I would not have any cro-magon to deal with.We would have walls to protect us.

Anonymous said...

I would want to be a Sumarian ,cause I would not want to die being a hunter gatherer and it would be easyer being a Sumairen. YA! yayayayayayay! ;)

Anonymous said...

A farmer becasue you wouldn't die as early and because you won't have to travel to find food.

Anonymous said...

I would be a hunter gather, because I like to throw spears, shoot bowin arrows, I like to hunt, and I like to carv spears.

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a farmer because I would like to experience something new in my life

Anonymous said...

Questin,when is the test on mesimateria.

Anonymous said...

summian because I would'nt have to deal with cro-magnon trying to kill me

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a hunter gatherer so I could wear cool cloths.

Anonymous said...

i would be a hunter so i would not have to be a slave.

Anonymous said...

i would be a farmer because if you were a hunter you would not know if there was food that day. you would also have to know how to track the animals and skin them and all that gory stuff.and farmers know that for sure that they will get somthings.

Anonymous said...

i would be a farmer because then at least u would kno that u would have food the next day even if u had to pay taxes

Anonymous said...

summian because I love farming and work and I dont want to die today.

Anonymous said...

i would rather be a hunter-gatherer because then you could wander for food instead of sitting there watching plants grow... PEASE OUT B HOLLA

Anonymous said...

HEY!! i would like to be the sumerian farmer because i think hunting is hard and dangerous. the
disadvantage of farming would be that the crops might get flooded because of the rivers. an advantage would be that you dont have to look for food.

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a hunter-gatherer because they get warmer cloths.

Anonymous said...

And you dont have to walk around the fields planting seeds and a hunter-gatherer can just walking around shouting helpless animals

Anonymous said...

I would like to be both hunter ,and a farmer.

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a farmer. Because being a Hunter-Gather in my opinion, would not be very much fun and farming would be a little better. Also you get more out of what you do as a Farmer.

Anonymous said...

When is the test over Mesopotamia??????

Anonymous said...

I don't know what I would like to be. I don't know what I would rather get meat or if you wanted to be a hunter gatherer, but being a farmer you would get a bigger variety of food. I woulg like to be a hunter gatherer because I like getting my own food,
and I like meat!

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Anonymous said...

i would be a hunter because then i would be hunting and hunting sounds FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And it sounds pretty ausom BY the way i want to know how to puut pichtures on my blog

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Anonymous said...

i would want to be a hunter because it wouldnt take as long to get food and growing would take a long time (Hunters rock everyone so pick them or else ill have to go on a hunt for people who didnt pick hunters) muahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahah

Anonymous said...

I would like to be a huntergatherer because i would like to be an active person and have an exciting job it would put the risk of dieing but it would give me more meat so i have stronger bones! farmers do have food but its only crops which dont get you as strong but some of both gets you the strongest so i could go ask a farmer to share with me and i share with him and then we get realy strong bones which would make the past go faster so we have better technology now a days so i would set a trend of sharing and make millions (well i guess they didnt make money back then) and then the neanderthal wouldnt of died out so soon so we would be able to still see them now a days so that is why i would be a hunter go hunters!!!!!!!

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Anonymous said...

I would want to be a hunter gather because I like the out doers. And I have good aim,smell,tracking,and good senses. And I think that The farmers only water stuff and ocasanaly pick stuff of the plants.

Anonymous said...

I would like to be a hunter-gather,because I like to hunt, but it would be kind of hard to do with spears.

Anonymous said...

The Mesopotamiaions are the most iteligants human beings of their time(if i spelled iteligants wrong is cuz i dont know how to spell that hard word so dont laugh at me)

Anonymous said...

Mesopotamia is cool

Anonymous said...

I would be a summian cause they have more materials to kill animals with, and I would have a normal looking nose.

Anonymous said...

i would like to be a hunter-gather because you would be able to kill stuff like a Wooly Mamoth and other stuff. But a disadvantage is that it is a pretty big responsablity because it depends on you to get the food and that is why i would want to be a hunter-gather And it would stink working in the sun all day and having to keep bending over and picking stuff up that you would drop and then eat. But when your a farmer you would have to pay taxes to the king and sometimes there would be harsh punishments but you would have great technology and that is why i wouldnt want to be a farmer .

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a hunter-gatherer because you have to have meat protiens to live.

Anonymous said...

I would rather be a farmer!!!!!! be cause i do not want to die trying to hunt. any ways im a girl so i wouldnt need to go hunting right?

Anonymous said...

Another way why I want be a summerian is,when we go hunting we won't get killed by the animal that you hunt.

Anonymous said...

I would like to be a farmer because I love to garden

Anonymous said...

I'd want to be a hunter because i'm a strong man and a strong men do not stay home and cook they go out and kill the food because we are big And strong feel the power P.s. give Kadeem an A+ on his report if you are reading this right now I am Looking at you be afraid be very afraid