Daily Blog 1 Week 3

Konnor Drewen

2/7/011

What is the oldest human-created artifact that has mattered to you? Why/how does it matter?

            I think that the oldest human created artifact that matters to me are some of the Bronze Age weaponry that was beginning to develop around 3300 – 1200 BCE. Weaponry has always interested me and the Bronze Age was the beginning of metal weaponry. The people of that time had made metal swords, shields, spears, and armor which had not been made before. Before it was mainly stone weapons which did work but were not as good as the weapons developing in the 17^th century BCE. Now this is not saying that physical weapons are always a good thing. I found a quote that said “"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, ideas, and prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. A thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own for the children yet unborn.” I think this means that not only physical weapons can harm people. Just the words people say and their action can affect and kill people. Think about this Adolf Hitler did not go into battle and yet all the things he said and all his actions cause the murder of millions which also resulted in WW II.