This chapter was really interesting because it talked about the religous views of China and India. I thought it was interesting how different the treated women. I was expecting worse from the Chinese religions, but they actually let them go to school and participate in rituals. If they were high up enough, they woukd even let them chose their husbands! But in India it was COMPLETELY different. The women were harashly looked down upon. They said that women are seen as “unclean below the naval”. Thats pretty degrading to look at a gender that way. The women of India were to serve their husbands as a if they were gods. And if the husband dies, the women is subjected to someone else, and if not them then the next male. They are never to be alone, even in their youth! So gross! Indian women had it way harder than Chinese women in my opinion.
Summary: The document I read called, "Paneb, an Egyptian Troublemaker", started off with Paneb as a Egyptian boy who was adopted into a tomb making family. He had really intense fights with his adopted father, Neferhotep. He grew up and got married and had a very large family. He would often cheat on his wife. He would cheat with other married women, and was involved in rape. His son was involved too. Paneb was very controlling and made other people around him do everything for him like make his bed, feed his oxen, and weave his baskets that were for his own personal use. His long time rival, Amennakht, gathered up enough evidence to get him in trouble for all his crimes. Paneb then just vanished. Questions: Since most of the evidence against Paneb comes from his archrival, historians should not grant very much weight to this because he was against Paneb, therefore everything he is going to have to say about him is going to be completely biased. You can expect to get a ...
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