Today's class did not get into depth with chapter three and we were unable to cover chapter four. For the first half of class, we went over questions people had in the past, took practice quizzes, and briefly went over chapter three. Going over the questions from previous chapters, I thought it was interesting and it helped me to have a better idea about certain areas. I did not know how important it was for there to be jurors. Being shown the pictures of the voting ballots with a more in depth description/explanation, I had a better understanding of how they were used. Also, we were told that the Rosetta Stone was located in the center of the city so that people could see the laws. The different languages were carved for the people of different languages. We talked about the inventions of the Chinese (gunpowder, paper, printing, compass). The written forms, Chiaku-wen (bone-and-shell) and Chin-wen (bronze script), were talked on with photographs. It is important to understand the differences between the different scripts that were used. Paper was made and used because it was cheaper, stronger, and could absorb more ink. Ink rubbings were obtained by placing paper and ink over stones with carved inscriptions and rubbing them.
The most useful thing I learned was how the voting ballots were used and that having jurors were very important. There was a specific system used with balls which ended up choosing the jurors. Also, we took more practice quizzes and was able to go back over what I was confused with. The Chinese names confused me the most.
I still wonder why the illustrations were created in the illuminated manuscripts, since the book mentioned that they were not designed for decoration.
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