1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth I. Hunter Gather Life i. Hunter gatherers use fires to cook their food‚ so it was more edible and easier to swallow and digest. ii. Hunter gatherers used stone tools for most of their chores such as kill animals‚ harvest plants‚ clear brush‚ and start fire to cook food. iii. Kinship groups tried to make the population grow and start an early agricultural movement. II. Personal Reflection Questions
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records of what he thought and did and of what befell him are called the Prehistoric Ages. The comparatively few centuries of human life which are made known to us through written records comprise the Historic Age. In the valleys of the Nile and the Euphrates there have been discovered written records which were made at least four or five thousand years before Christ. These‚ however‚ have not yet been deciphered. The men who lived before the dawn of history left behind them many things which witness as
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Key Concept 1.1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth What is the evidence that explains the earliest history of humans and the planet? What are the theories that interpret this evidence? Where did humans first appear on Earth‚ and what were their society‚ technology‚ and culture? Describe earliest humans’ technology & tools What were the earliest humans’ religious beliefs and practices? How did the earliest humans’ society help them procure enough supplies to survive? Key Concept
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Mesopotamia (from Greek‚ meaning between two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean (corresponding to today’s Iraq‚ mostly‚ but also parts of modern-day Iran‚ Syria and Turkey). The ancient ruins of Sumer were discovered in the 19th century. We know a lot about Sumer through the study of artifacts and monuments found onsite. Dated anywhere from 4000-6000 BC‚ Sumer is the oldest known culture on Earth and Sumerians were the first to build cities in
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Justin McNeill HIS W ART/PREHIS-MID AGE Prof. AllWright January 28‚ 2013 CHAPTER 1 & 2 Essay Art in the earliest of days was a bit interesting because of what we know now about art and its history. The first period/discovery of art was between 40‚000 and 8‚000 b.c.e or more known as the Path eolithic period‚ this period included artistic forms such as cave paintings and smaller objects used for legion purposes. One of the first caves to be discovered was Lascaux Cave in 1940‚ says to be dated
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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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In the book‚ The Code of Hammurabi‚ the author‚ Martha Roth‚ decodes the law codes of the Babylonian king Hammurabi‚ who reigned from 1792 to 1750 B.C. Hammurabi expanded the city-state of Babylon along the Euphrates River to unite all of southern Mesopotamia. His code‚ a collection of 282 laws and standards‚ restricted rules for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. In reading these law codes‚ readers can start interpreting the different roles
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something else‚ but isn’t universal. Matt: Cuz‚ a symbol would be universal? Nick: Yeah‚ like water being synonymous with life‚ a bunch of civilizations popped up around water‚ like the egyptians on the Nile and the Mesopotamians on the Tigris and Euphrates. Matt: Thanks man‚ I feel like I might do a bit better now! Nick: Hold on matt‚ there’s more to this than just that. Matt: Well‚ like what? Nick: Well‚ he might ask us if Thomas More was a tragic hero. Matt: Umm‚ wait I got
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Emanuel Mordechaev S/S Essay #2‚ Mr.Wainer C-band‚ 09/13/12 Differences in the political systems of Mesopotamia and Nile River Valley The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Nile River Valley varied in most aspects of society. Everything from the temples built in Mesopotamia to the technologically advanced pyramids in ancient Egypt that still stand today as historical landmarks is linked to the sovereigns that ruled these civilizations. Egyptian kings (better known as pharaohs)
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Geographical Surroundings and the Shaping of Their Societies Both civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were developed in river valleys and relied on the rivers and the flooding they brought for agriculture. Mesopotamia was between the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys‚ giving them more room for agriculture. But the Mesopotamians had to deal with harsh‚ irregular flooding‚ which would often damage their crops. Flooding was a major issue for the farmers in Mesopotamia‚ and there needed to be some form
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