from organizations Such as; * the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan‚ * devastating floods in Pakistan and Australia‚ * the serious food crisis in the Horn of Africa to name just a few. * the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; * the 2004 Tsunami disaster that impacted the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia; * the 2006 Katrina disaster in New Orleans – U.S.A; These are few‚ But we must also remember the hundreds of smaller disasters which have caused
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patterns to describe the Fertile Crescent model’s capacity to explain and possibly predict changes in social complexity. The Fertile Crescent model provides the stimulus for four of Childe’s primary traits of early civilization to appear‚ which demonstrates
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AP World History Summer Reading Assignment Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Chapter 1: Up to the Starting Line Q: What was the Great Leap Forward? Describe the life of a Cro-Magnon person. What impact did the arrival of humans have on big animals? Provide an example. Which continent had a head start in 11‚000 BCE (Before Common Era)? A: the great leap forward was when human history first began to take off and the humans at that time began to become more like us modern humans today. The humans that
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Guns‚ Germs and Steel Guns‚ Germs and Steel is a documentary based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the 13‚000 years journey of man kind’s evolution and societal development. Diamond’s book has been praised by many however‚ it also created controversy among scientists around the world. According to many scientist believe his theory of the geography and the environment being the main caused of shaping of the world as we know it today should be criticized. Diamond takes upon the
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In the book entitled Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ author Jared Diamond centers his argument around the idea that “societies developed differently on different continents because of different continental environments” (Diamond‚ 9). Dissimilar to the prevailing belief that genetics play a role in determining societal development‚ Diamond argues that geographic factors and environmental influences substantially shape the distribution of wealth and power. J.R. McNeill’s article‚ “The World According to Diamond”
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climate and the climate affects your food surplus. The Fertile Crescent was relying on wheat because the climate did not change much. Wheat is different in many ways like wheat can be stored for at least 3 years compared unlike sago has to be eaten fast or it well be bad. Wheat is easier to harvest so europeans have more time to build houses and experiment but with
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depending on your climate‚ your food availability is going to change. Your food will change how your civilization is made or how developed it is. In the Fertile Crescent‚ the people were able to grow wheat. Wheat is very high in protein and can be stored for a long time. Collecting it is not very time or energy consuming‚ so the people in the Fertile Crescent have some free time to work on other things. They were able to develop specialists. In Papua New Guinea‚ they grow sago instead. Sago is low in protein
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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 the silt. Disadvantages / Environmental Challenges 1. Unpredictable flooding / dry summer months 2. No natural barriers for protection 3. Limited natural
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The end of World War I had a powerful impact on the world. This was because the War not only changed how war was fought with the use of technology such as poisonous gases‚ tanks and machine guns. The War also changed the power structure of Europe due to the collapse of the British Empire because of debt‚ The Bolsheviks overthrowing Czar Nicholas of Russia thus ending the Russian Empire‚ the end of the Ottoman Empire and the Sykes-Picot Treaty which redrew the borders of the Middle East and has resulted
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Features have affected human settlement in the Middle East with the five main physical regions like the Northern Tier‚ Arabian Peninsula‚ Fertile Crescent‚ Nile Valley‚ and the Maghreb. The Northern Tier stretches across Turkey and Iran with a region of plateaus. In the west lies the Anatolian plateau ringed with the Pontic and Taurus mountains. The Anatolian has fertile soil so there is a large population. The Anatolian plateau is located in Asia Minor‚ large peninsula that connects Asia to Europe. The
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