over the island. This wide spread destruction has led many to believe that Crete was not attacked by a foreign force‚ but that a revolt against the Mycanaean rulers had probably taken place. Mycenaean artifacts have also been discovered in Italy‚ Eygpt‚ Asia Minor and North Syria. It is
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Although most historians say that pre-history is not important‚ it is actually very important because that is where it all started. Paleolithic Age‚ which refers to the hunting and gathering way of life‚ is 95% of the human history. 100‚000 years ago‚ Homo sapiens started using tools to manipulate their surroundings‚ and migrating and adapting to new environments. They traveled to Eurasia‚ Australia‚ Western hemisphere‚ and the Pacific islands. Then they started farming‚ which lead to an era with
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I believe that the Sumerians were the greatest influence during this ancient period. The Sumer Empire reigned from 3200-2350 BC. The Sumerians were located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia or modern day Iraq. Since they were on the Fertile Crescent where irregular flooding was common‚ they created an irrigation network that helped them grow agriculturally. Around 5000 BCE is when they began work on the irrigation. With their advances in agriculture‚ wealth in Sumer grew. In turn so did
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drink during a pivotal historical period. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer‚ wine‚ spirit‚ coffee‚ tea‚ and cola. Beer Beer was first made in the Fertile Crescent and by 3000 B.C.E. was so important to Mesopotamia and Egypt that it was used to pay wages. In effect the higher your rank in civilization the more beer you were paid. This without them made a class system in which people were placed. Wine
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Background: An account of the battle of the Yarmuk aka. Yarmuq or Hieromyax written by Al-Baladhuri in Arabic. A Byzantine general by the name of Vahan gathered a large army around 200‚000 men and they conquered a lot of areas in the Middle East: Iraq‚ Iran‚ Syria‚ Israel‚ and Palestine. A reason for why they had so many men was because they would get men from the places they conquered to fight for them. They met the Muslim army lead by Khalid ibn al-Walid at the Battle of the Yarmuk in Syria on
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colonies had been created and settled. Many had been in places where farming wasn’t the best a suitable for it and another well they were great places where farming was very strong and soil was rich. One place where farming was great was the Fertile Crescent. This is because of the rivers and water with strong and high in nutrients. As the rivers would flow the greater the farming and more crops were grown in this time with the soil being rich. Another reason for this is located. Depending on this
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UNIT I In an observational test one has no control over the independent variable. In an experiment there is an independent and dependent variable‚ and one has control over the independent variable Dependent variable: value depends on that of another‚ what is causing result‚ what you measured. Independent variable: value does NOT depend on that of another Ex: Effect flower color 0n attraction of bees. Ind: flower color‚ Dep: what result is Properties of Life: order‚ evolutionary adaptation‚ response
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You see an animal galloping towards you .It runs with four hooves while its hair flies with the wind you glance at its glimmering beauty and can’t keep your eyes off it. You wonder what is this animal? Then it comes close to you and‚ you release its a horse and not any normal horse .It’s an Arabian‚The Arabian horse known all around the world and throughout history for its strong characteristics . The Arabian horse is one of the oldest breeds of horses in history .The origin is unknown but Their
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A.P. World History Guided Reading 1 "The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations” TERMS: Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship)
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Melany Perez Western Civ. 2/19/13 The Origins of the Persian Empire * Basically the rise of the Persian can be accredited to one man: Cyrus the Great. * He was a very powerful king who had the idea of expanding the Persian kingdom by conquering all the land around him. * He ended up creating one of the biggest empires that lasted over two hundred years. * He’s impact on the Persian Empire allowed other emperors after him such as Darius to continue expanding the empire.
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