Chp 1, 2 (First People)(First Civilization)

To be  honest, I never was the person that was concerned are even cared about history. I only knew what I was taught about our history. Growing up, my grandmother would always say, "hopefully history never repeated itself". I never really knew who to identify myself with, culturally. Growing up, I never thought I had a culture. My best friend is from Spain, and her family practice a very traditional way of living. After reading about the First People in chapter one of, Ways of the World, by Robert Strayer, gave me a little hope, that somewhere thousands of years ago we were all one. It was also refreshing that long ago we the settlers had a society were they, "one characterized by mobility, sharing, and equality" (26).

Today I feel as a society we are failing each other. The very first chapter of this book made me realize how our culture differed then and now. It  is intriguing to read about how agriculture first got started, and how healthy it was to eat wheat's, fruits and veggies that have not been injected with pesticides. Gathering and hunting people, "Had learned to make use of large number of plants and to hunt and eat both small and large animals". This is also a way of showing what the hunters did as a society.