In Mrs.Baird's other class we learn about other places in the world like Africa,Asia,Europe, and the Americas.
Mesoamerica
This quarter we are learning about Mesoamerica. We learned about the native people that lived in Mesoamerica. One of the civilizations was the Mayan Civilization. We learned that they did human sacrifices to their gods. Another civilization was the Aztecs. They also did human sacrifices and were fierce warriors. The last civilization we did was the Incas. We learned how they made their cities on the Andes Mountains.
Europe
This quarter in my World History class,we are learning about Europe. We learned about the Middle Ages first. We learned that the Middle Ages religion was not all that good. Then we learned about the Renaissance and its artworks. We also learned about other famous people that lived during the Renaissance. We found out that Europe was splitting up into many different countries like the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and France.
Islam
In my World History class, we were learning about the religion of Islam. We read lots of papers on Islam.We also learned that people like Islamic beliefs and traditions.Some people liked Islam so much that they protected the Muslims in the middle of a war.The Muslims followed the rules of the Qu'ran,the holy book for Muslims.
Africa
In my history class, we were learning about Mansa Musa.We learned that he was a Muslim ruler that went on a hajj and took lots of gold.When he went to Cairo he gave away so much gold that it was worth less.He was a very important leader to Africa because he ruled for 25 years.He also made Mali appear on maps in some parts of the world.