Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest desert area. The word Sahara comes from the Arabic word sahra’‚ meaning desert. It extends from the Africa’s Atlantic Ocean side to the Red Sea and consists of the countries of Morocco‚ Algeria‚ Tunisia‚ Libya‚ Egypt‚ Mauritania‚ Mali‚ Niger‚ Chad‚ and Sudan. It is about 5‚200 miles long. Overall‚ the Sahara Desert covers 3‚500‚000 square miles. The geography of the desert is varied. In the west‚ the Sahara is rocky with varied elevation
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a major crossroads between Europe‚ The Middle East‚ Africa and West and South Asia‚ with an area of 386‚659 square miles. The Nile River has played an important role in the life‚ civilization and history of the Egyptian nation. One of the most importat talent of the Nile River is the ability to produce extremely fertile soil‚ in addition Egypt is depenedent of the Nile River for nearly all of its water needs. The Suez Canal is 101 mile long that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea a
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A.P. World History Guided Reading 1 "The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations” TERMS: Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship)
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development of new and more complex economic and social systems. A. Possibly as a response to climatic change‚ permanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean. Agriculture emerged at different times in Mesopotamia‚ the Nile River Valley and Sub-Saharan Africa‚ the Indus River Valley‚ the Yellow River or Huang He Valley‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Mesoamerica‚ and the Andes. Key Concept 1.3. The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural‚ Pastoral‚ and Urban Societies
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Finding A New Warehouse and Office for Blue Bell Creameries Operations Management Blue Bell Creameries 1 Founded in 1907 in Brenham‚ Texas‚ the Brenham Creamery Company originated as‚ and continues to be‚ a family owned business. It initially specialized in the making of butter. In order to produce this good‚ excess cream possessed by surrounding farmers was purchased. A few years later‚ the Brenham Creamery Company began making and selling ice cream. This action soon proved to be very
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countries near them. It also provided Egypt with precious metals and semi-precious metals. Before 5000 B.C.‚ the majority of the land was full of vegetation‚ there was no need to depend on the Nile. Around 5000 B.C.‚ the vegetation started to dry up and become desert‚ they were forced to move towards the Nile River‚ since it was the only source of fresh water.Before 3100 B.C.‚ there were no capital cities. Some areas including‚ Abydos‚ Hierakonpolis‚ and Naqaba were areas that could be consider centers
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Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt exhibiting indicator traits of civilization developed along the floodplains of great rivers‚ the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq‚ and the Nile in Egypt. People had settled in Mesopotamia by 7000 B.C. and the First Dynasty of Egyptian rulers was founded before 3000 B.C.‚ implying a much earlier period of occupation in the Nile River valley and delta. To protect themselves and channel the forces of nature‚ people living near the rivers created new technologies and forms of political
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to keep records Similarities Theocracy Tax through military and labor Shang-Zhou (Government) Mandate of heaven Tombs Oracle bones for records Environment Hot‚ dry‚ sunny climate Agriculture dependent on river water Natural barriers (Nile River for Egypt‚ mountains for SZ) Environment Southern China- heavy rainfall‚ Northern China- inconsistent rainfall patterns Agriculture dependent on rainfall Compare And Contrast Egypt and The Shang-Zhou River
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the day. This would be an example of something that their culture has affected other cultures. (Smith) There were a few tools specific to the building of the pyramid. They used wooden wedges to crack the limestone. In addition‚ they used the Nile River to their advantage to transport the limestone and mortar by boat to the pyramid when possible. (Smith) The Great Pyramid of Giza was estimated to have been built around 3600BC and still stands today. The Great Pyramid today is open for tourists
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The story of ancient Egypt began about 8‚000 years ago‚ when farmers started to plant crops and raise animals in the Nile Valley. By about 3400 BC the Egyptians were building walled towns‚ and the country was divided into numerous small states. Soon afterward‚ the northern part of the country (Lower Egypt) was united with the lands upstream (Upper Egypt) to form one country under a single king. 2 Memphis and Thebes were the principal capitals of ancient Egypt. Memphis served as the first
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