1.What work or works are you writing on‚ and why did you choose to write on work or these works? Langston Hughes "the Negro Speaks of Rivers" 2. What critical question were you exploring in this essay? Did you find this question difficult to answer? What did this work mean and it was fairly easy to find. 3. How did your understanding of the work(s) about which you are writing change as you wrote this essay? If it did not change‚ why do you think that was? It didn’t I knew what he was talking
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security by transport. The land around the Nile was (also quite) fertile due to (reverse order) mineral deposits left from annual floods‚ (which allowed) allowing for high yield (ing) agricultural harvests. Between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates‚ the Mesopotamians share the Fertile Crescent with the (share the geographic character or geographic space?) Egyptians (Meso) as "the land between two rivers” was a naturally fertile location for irrigation. The wheel and animal husbandry are
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(Neolithic Revolution) Before the Neolithic Revolution took place at about 10‚000 BCE people were nomads also known as hunters and gathers. Nomads traveled in groups of twenty to thirty people at a time and went where the food was. The men went hunting the food and women stayed to gather berries and other edible food. The tools most of the people used were simple and not advanced. As time went on humans began to cultivate their own crops and domesticate or tame their own animals allowing them
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Summary Gilgamesh was a historical king of Uruk in Babylonia‚ on the River Euphrates in what is now Iraq; he lived about 2700 BCE. Many stories and songs were told and sung‚ and later written down‚ about Gilgamesh‚ The earliest of that have survived date to about 2000 BCE‚ and are in the Sumerian language. These Sumerian Gilgamesh stories were integrated into a longer poem‚ versions of which survive not only in Akkadian (a Semitic language‚ related to Hebrew and
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someone he loves. He compares the woman he writes about to a summer day and that her beauty will never fade. In the poem‚ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers‚” it is written in a 1st person voice using the word “I.” The writer speaks of bathing in the Euphrates‚ the hut he built near the Congo and watching the sun set on the Mississippi. He compares the African American history to the history of the river he speaks of. In the poems “The Lamb” and “The Tyger‚” the writer uses words that describe how
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strived towards similar goals they went about their stratification in different ways. One of the most important factors as to why their civilizations were vastly different is due to geography. Ancient Egypt grew up along the Nile while the Tigris and Euphrates River’s bordered Mesopotamia. These water sources allowed for the civilizations
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because of its good soil and its golden wheat fields. Within the Fertile Crescent was a region called Mesopotamia that the ancient Greeks had named later. This meant “between the rivers” where it was located it was between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. In this area the world’s first civilization arose in Southeastern Mesopotamia and it was Sumer. The Nile rises in the highlands of Ethiopia and the lakes of Central Africa. The Sumerians over time started to study the stars and make out the
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Magog: nations fail in confusion in their attempt to destroy isreal. 7 mo to burry dead‚ maybe mainland China? • Seven Bowls of Judgment: 1-sores‚ 2-sea life destroyed‚ 3-water to blood‚ 4-sun’s heat amplified‚ 5-darkness and pain‚ 6-drying of Euphrates river‚ 7- hailstones • The Battle of Armageddon: demons influence world leaders to try to destroy Isreal and God‚ Triumphant return of Christ marks the conclusion of the Tribulation Is the False Prophet a Jew? How do we know the answer to
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oh history‚ scientist say this is the most greatest thing happen People began living in permitted villages‚ they don’t have to wonder around no more 4 river valley civilizations 1. The Nile river located north east Africa 2. The Tigeris and Euphrates rivers located middle east 3. Indus river located south west Asia 4. Huang He river located north east Asia Culture The way of life that a people follow in a certain area Civilization A complex culture with a large number of people sharing
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Early River Valley Civilizations: Sumerian Civilization - Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia) Egyptian Civilization - Nile River Harappan Civilization - Indus River Ancient China - Huang He (Yellow) River Mesopotmia Flat plain known as Mesopotamia lies between the two rivers in SW Asia(Middle East) . Because of this region’s shape and the richness of its soil(silt) it is called the Fertile Crescent‚ the rivers flood unpredictably. Sumerians were first to settle in this region‚ attracted by
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