NOTES Geography * Mesopotamia means the land between the rivers in Greek. (rivers = Tigris and Euphrates) * It is located in western Asia. * It is also known as the world’s earliest urban civilizations. (arose around: 3500 bc) * Mesopotamia‚ known as “the cradle of civilization”‚ was the centre of Sumerian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian‚ and Chaldean civilizations. * The area now forms most of modern Iraq‚ south-eastern Turkey‚ and eastern Syria. * The natural wealth of Mesopotamia
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Functional departmentalization - Grouping activities by functions performed. Activities can be grouped according to function (work being done) to pursue economies of scale by placing employees with shared skills and knowledge into departments for example human resources‚ IT‚ accounting‚ manufacturing‚ logistics‚ and engineering. Functional departmentalization can be used in all types of organizations. * Product departmentalization - Grouping activities by product line. Tasks can also be grouped according
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Human Geography Mega City: A city with a metropolitan area with over 10million people. Millionaire City: A metropolitan city area with over 1million people. Mega City Millionaire City Large Town Small Town Village Hamlet Individual dwelling The Majority of mega cities and millionaire cities are found in Asia‚ specifically China and India due to their high population. Major Cities • Rome was really the first major city‚ with a population of 1million in ancient times. • During the
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____________ Crash Course World History: Mesopotamia #3 Key Concept 1.2. The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies I. Beginning about 10‚000 years ago‚ the Neolithic Revolution led to the 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
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Investigation Question: To what extent was the Declaration of Human Rights relevant during the independence process for Egypt? Egypt has a strong rich history. Especially as a culture. Egypt is home to the most famous historic sites in the world. The Pyramids in Egypt tell a story of their past. The wealth they held and the power they contained. The Nile river is a great example of their power and their value to the rest of the world. The Nile and Egypt itself were huge trading places for as long as people
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Mesopotamia‚ the land between the rivers‚ derives its name and existence from the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. These two rivers created the Fertile Crescent in the midst of surrounding inhospitable territory. The space we call Mesopotamia is roughly the same as that of the modern country of Iraq. About ten thousand years ago‚ the people of this area began the agricultural revolution. Instead of hunting and gathering their food‚ they domesticated plants and animals‚ beginning with the sheep. They
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a. The visual arts of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt are similar and different in various ways. In Mesopotamia‚ animals were of great artistic characteristics within the visual works of art. For example the Plaque from the Soundbox of Great Lyre‚ Ur shows the use of animals within the artwork that was used for the tomb of a King’s grave. “The bearded bull’s head is a symbol of royalty often seen in Mesopotamia art.” This shows how important animals were within the culture and especially because it
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Egypt and Mesopotamia Comparative Essay Egypt and Mesopotamia were two very complex and unique societies that proved to be both prosperous and successful. Having both been flourishing civilizations‚ they had many similarities. But each civilization had its own way of rising to success‚ which resulted in Mesopotamia and Egypt having major differences and similarities in not only culture‚ but government and economy. All in all‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt had similar economies because they both relied
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Egypt and Mesopotamia are two of the earliest civilizations in history. They each had good and bad things about them. They each were special civilizations in their own way. They had many similarities but also had differences. “Like Mesopotamia‚ Egypt depended on the waters of a great river system” (Adler 33). This is one of the similarities between the two countries. They both relied on water systems to keep the countries afloat. A difference was “Egypt was static and Mesopotamia was dynamic” (Fish
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Many years ago at around 3500 B.C. Mesopotamians invented two things that would change the world forever. These inventions still influence our world today. Ancient Mesopotamia helped the world and still does‚ but if there wasn’t a written language everything would be a disaster‚ but two inventions helped the world and it was a written language and Hammurabi’s Code. How would you communicate with letters? Well‚ the Mesopotamians paved the way with the invention of cuneiform. Cuneiform was developed
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