Main components of every civilization: 1. government and laws 2. formal religion 3. language 4. agriculture (irrigation‚ domestication of plants‚ etc) 5. specialized skills (pottery‚ clothing‚ etc) 6. trade (to acquire what you do not have and cannot make‚ but need) 7. economic system (bartering or currency‚ etc). Factors that give rise to civilization: A. Geographical location 1. All four of the major centers of early civilization (were China‚ India‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Mesoamerica) arose
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around the world. Their crops grew quickly and they had efficient supply. On the other hand‚ places like New Guinea had the opposite‚ it took much power and time and their crops did not thrive. Another advantage that The Middle East had were animal domestication‚ which was later paired with the invention of plow. The invention of plow made farming more efficient and gave individuals more time to take on other jobs‚ like pottery‚ becoming soldiers‚ jewelers‚ and metal workers‚ while the New Guineans did
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However‚ Homo sapiens developed differently. This can be explained through the domestication of fire and its use in the every day life . Used as a weapon‚ as a heat producer and as a way to cook food‚ fire was essential . We can analyze the use of fire as a foreshadowing of the future‚ as it is the beginning of mankind having control over
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as opposed to another. Diamond’s theory argues that civilization is created as the result of opportunity that is made achievable by pre-conditions of the area. He explains that diseases arose because of the formation of cities‚ agriculture‚ and domestication of animals in these areas. Some areas‚ like Europe and China‚ had environmental characteristics suited for the development of a culture and society. These environmental characteristics‚ like climate‚ geography‚ etc. favored an early growth of steady
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1600s. In 1713 a smallpox epidemic‚ caused by European settlers‚ became the destruction of South Africa’s native San people(78).The spread of diseases helped people conquer other people.(86) Wild plants and animal species appropriate for domestication helped certain diseases reach humans (86‚ 86‚ and 92). Human who domesticated animals were the first to get sick with the new diseases‚ however it helped them evolve resistance towards these diseases. Other people who had not been exposed to any
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............... ENG 101H December 2‚ 2012 ABANDONED DOG ’S 3-YEAR WAIT FOR OWNERS ENDS WITH NEW HOME The story that I want to share today is regarding an abandoned dog that waited three years for his owners to return to their house. When moving to another town‚ Chen was left abandoned in the house. He wondered around the property for three years‚ waiting for them to come back‚ sleeping in the carport and scavenging food scraps from a nearby grocery store. After years of waiting‚ a neighbor
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services in Europe‚ and the use of this service is now well integrated into the everyday life of young Europeans. To explain the widespread adoption of this service‚ findings from diffusion‚ uses and gratifications‚ information systems and domestication research are reviewed and integrated into a re-specified and extended model based upon the theory of planned behavior. The model is tested on a sample of young users of text messaging services. We conclude that the suggested respecifications
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of crops remaining in their natural habitat until much later for example the May grass. South West Asia reveals a different approach where although still gradual development the use of tools and grinders support the discovery of cultivation and domestication leading this continent towards villages and eventually civilizations with trade and travel as its force for change as early humans emulated and adapted. The southwest begins its agricultural shift in a position of power in comparison to the
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During Jack London’s life he has written many great novels‚ perhaps the greatest was White Fang. In 1906 he wrote the legendary novel about a stray wolf reverting to domestication. The majority of this book concerns White Fangs’ struggles with savage nature‚ Indians‚ dogs and white men. However‚ we also see White Fang is tamed by love and turns from a savage wolf into a loving and domesticated dog. White Fang begins with two men traveling through the artic with a dog team and sled‚ followed by a
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Chapter Review Human migration began in eastern Africa‚ where remains of the earliest types of human remains were found to originate. Gradual migration was caused by the need to find scarce food and slowly caused the spread of the human population across to the Americas and Australia. Agricultural societies first emerged in the middle east. Since population was increasing‚ it encouraged people to find a more reliable food source and since the ice age had come to an end‚ it brought the retreat
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