Chapter 1 Notes From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations I. Introduction A. __________________Human Origin_______ – 2.5 million years ago 1. 1/4000 of earth’s existence – 24 hour day – last 5 minutes Major Human Evolution slowed ___140‚000________ years ago with modern ___Homo Sapiens_____________________ Erectus 1st “______Out of Africa____________________” migration 1.7 million years ago years ago B. Human negatives and positives 1. ____________Aggressiveness____________‚ long
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Chanelle Samuel The Inevitable Progression of Complex Societies Ancient civilizations and the civilizations of today all share a commonality. That commonality is that all civilizations seem to go through this pattern of rise and fall. The civilization will grow‚ prosper‚ accumulate wealth and power‚ but eventually due to a variety of factors including natural disasters‚ economic decline‚ invasion‚ and so on‚ the civilization will slowly lose power and land and relinquish any sort of ties that once
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roots and true history. Knowledge about pre-Columbian civilizations comes from two main sources: archaeological remains and the accounts written by European white men. A result of the Conquest by the Europeans they Aztec‚ Mayan‚ and Inca Civilizations were virtually wiped out. There was a major loss to humanity here‚ first of all it destroyed many Ideas of these people that do not affect or Present day thinking. The history of these civilizations mysterious and as a result of the Conquest people of
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During my study in the World Civilizations class‚ it occurred to me that although many ancient civilizations established far apart and independent from each other‚ yet somehow we can trace tremendous evidences showing us that their cultures‚ beliefs‚ world views‚ traditions are somewhat similar to one another. I am very interested in discover more details about when those ancient civilizations was formed‚ the people at that time did not have effective transportations or contact methods like us today
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The Aztec civilization will be one of the greatest ones in history. The Aztecs clothes for women consisted of sleeveless blouses‚ and wraparound skirts. The men wore a maxtatl. Which was a cloak or a cape. The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican native civilization that inhabited South Central Mexico. The civilization existed in the era of 600 to the year 1521. The Aztec built temples‚ pyramids‚ shrines‚ their Aztec homes‚ ball courts‚ and garden and farming lands. The most famous of these type of buildings
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The Mayan civilization was located in what is now known as Guatemala‚ Belize‚ Honduras‚ El Salvador and also in the area of the five southern states of Mexico‚ including Campeche‚ Chiapas‚ Quintana Roo‚ Tabasco‚ and Yucatan. The civilization was originally founded during the pre-classic period (about 2‚000 BC to 250 AD). According to the chronology of Central America‚ many of the Mayan cities reached their highest level of sophistication through the classic period (approx. 250 BC to 900 AD)‚ and
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effects of the global flow of silver from the mid 16th century to the early 18th century. Examples of this include the social change of Chinese traditions and the economic change of Asian inflation of silver. The global flow of sliver effected Chinese traditions. Documents 1 and 3 state that socially‚ from a non-bias point of view‚ that sliver is changing Chinese traditions because now if you have no silver at all‚ you won’t have enough in society‚ where as that was different before. Documents 4
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MWF 9:05-9:55 Dr.Moloye Tikal Civilization Civilization-societies in which large numbers of people live in cities‚ are socially stratified‚ and are governed by a ruling elite working through centrally organized political systems. Tikal meaning “at the waterhole‚” derived from the Yucatec Maya language is the modern name for the largest archaeological sites of the ancient ruined cities of the Mayan civilization. It emerged as an important site due to its relative altitude in the region. Tikal
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Geography and Early Civilizations Geography had a tremendous impact on early civilizations‚ the topography of the different regions played a key role in their development and formation. This statement by Fernand Braudel “ Geography is the stage in which humanity’s endless dramas are played out” (Getz et al.‚ Exchanges‚ 26) is a very moving and telling description. The terrain‚ whether it is natural or man made is not the end all‚ be all. It does however affect the stage a great deal. Mountainous
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Formation of Chinese Civilization The Chinese civilization was first started during the Xia (2200 BCE-1750 BCE). This it during this era that Chinese people would start to improve upon previous Civilizations. In this essay will see how China progressed throughout history to what it has become based on the their ability to learn from other civilizations and improve upon their own. Agriculture was the bases for all civilizations. They
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