parts of the empire. | *Stele is inscribed in stone labs.*Egyptians built their pyramids‚ statues and monuments out of stone. | Mesopotamia | Located in Iraq; a desert Tigris & Euphrates. Mesopotamia land between the 2 main rivers called “fertile crescent” due to its rich soil. | Many harsh or punishing gods of nature. | *Mesopotamia cities were actually city- states. Led by the king.*The center of each city-state was the ziggurat (temple). | By 3200 BCE Sumerians invented cuneiform‚ a true
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Himalayan and Hindu Kush mountains. These two mountain ranges have the highest mountain peaks and border rivers. Streams and rivers form the Indus River run into the Arabian Sea. The Indus River Valley had very fertile soil to have good farming. The fertile soil is like the soil of the Fertile Crescent and Nile River Valley. In the spring the snow melts in the mountains and flows into the Indus
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animal domesticated‚ most likely arising from the grey wolf‚ with fossil evidence dating to about 12‚000 BC.The other carnivores domesticated in prehistoric times were the cat and polecat. Sheep and goats were domesticated around 8‚000 BC in the Fertile Crescent‚ while pigs appeared in China about 7 000 BC‚ yaks in Tibet about 5‚000 BC and horses in Eastern Europe around 4‚000 BC. The first domesticated bird was the rock pigeon‚ appearing in Greece‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia around 3 000 BC and the first
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Anthropology 24‚ Fall Quarter‚ 2012 Ancient Crops and People First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies by Peter Bellwood Review by: Ann Christine Pastor Peter Bellwood’s First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies seeks to focus on the origins and dispersals of ancient agricultural communities with respect to a variety of fields of study to establish a historical interpretation from a comparative perspective. Although Bellwood admits to having training only in the discipline
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More praise for Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel "No scientist brings more experience from the laboratory and field‚ none thinks more deeply about social issues or addresses them with greater clarity‚ than Jared Diamond as illustrated by Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. In this remarkably readable book he shows how history and biology can enrich one another to produce a deeper understanding of the human condition." —Edward O. Wilson‚ Pellegrino University Professor‚ Harvard University "Serious‚ groundbreaking biological
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Culture Vocab Chart Word | Definition | Explain | Example | Language | Set of sounds‚ combination of sounds‚ and symbols used for communication. | Form of communication used amongst people. | EnglishFrenchBengali | Standard Language | Variant of language that a country’s people seek to use in schools‚ media‚ government‚ etc. | Used for official government business‚ education‚ and mass communications. | English in AmericaFrench in FranceEnglish in Canada | Dialects | Local or regional characteristics
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AP World History Unit One Exam 1. Which of the following have scholars advanced as a possible explanation for the emergence of patriarchy in the First Civilizations? (A) The emergence of women as the primary source of labor in more intensive animal-drawn plow-based agriculture (B) The increased role of women outside the home (C) The decline in birthrates that accompanied civilization (D) The emergence of large-scale warfare with professionally led armies (E) The frequent failure of women
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to it and pull the plow to turn over rows of dirt‚ making multiple holes at once. This also helped because this would rotate the soil‚ making the crops turn out fresher than before. Another example is that Mesopotamia is in the Fertile Crescent‚ an area with extremely fertile soil due to the two rivers in the area‚ the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. Every year there is a part of the year called the flooding season. During this time‚ the banks of the two rivers will overflow‚ naturally irrigating
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Paleolithic and Neolithic Era Katherina Velsh HIS 112 December 1st‚ 2014 John Bollweg Introduction Great differences are present between the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras‚ as well as similarities. Great historical events occurred between the two eras that changed the way humans lived forever. Life back in those eras could appear simpler‚ less complicated‚ but it was just the opposite. Survival was the goal and everyday was a struggle to live another day. Homo sapiens‚ another way of saying
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Though there was no regular rainfall in Mesopotamia‚ the layers of silt deposited by the rivers made the soil fertile over the years. There was an area of land known as the Fertile Crescent between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf that had soil rich enough to produce crops that were sufficient to sustain life. It also allowed surplus growth of items like reed‚ timber and dates that the
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