WEEK 5
September 27
Chapter 3 Docs:
Herodotus notes that Persians do not believe in Gods, but do believe in a universal chief God in which they make sacrifices for. The Persians mainly only celebrate birthdays, where the amount of food that's served is doubled. Kisses are exchanged when they run into each other, but only if they are apart of the same status. They copied clothing traditions from others. The relationships between the fathers and sons are strange. As a baby and young child, Persians stay only with their mother until the age of 5, then they are allowed to be with their father where they learn manly skills. With the Egyptians, the men and women roles are flipped. Only men are able to be priests. Egyptians also lived amongst animals. When writing, they write from right to left, rather than left to right. When talking about the Persians, Herodotus has more of a negative tone, and when talking about the Egyptians, he seemed to have a more positive tone. Portions of the text where Herodotus talks about culture and social status' should allow for historians to describe life in Persia and Egypt.
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