Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Study Guide Questions Yali’s Question to Jared Diamond was as follows: Why did the Europeans have superior technology‚ and thus conquer the New World‚ rather than the other way around? Many answers have been put to the query‚ but a couple stand out. A common answer to this question is that because the Europeans got the guns‚ germs‚ and steel‚ they were superior. Diamond refutes this by asking about the ultimate cause: why did the Europeans get the guns‚ germs‚ and steel‚ rather
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cities which resulted in civilizations. Some early river valley civilizations consist of: Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ India‚ and China. Mesopotamia civilizations developed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This area can also be referred to as the Fertile Crescent. Egypt civilizations developed along the Nile River. The Sahara Desert and other geographic features protected Egypt from invasion‚ kept them isolated‚ and preserved culture. Indian civilizations developed along the Indus and Ganges River. India
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The Egyptians and Mesopotamians both made enormous contributions to the development of technology and society. They had unique characteristics and made many advances for society and expansion alike. The Mesopotamians made advanced mathematical leaps and procured methods that we still use today. They were the ones that established a numerical place value system in which allows numbers to be categorized by observing the bordering digits that are placed alongside them. They also created a system that
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There are many similarities and differences Africa with any other Countries. Africa and China have the similarities in trade. Africa and Egypt have the difference in Social Class. Africa and Sumer might have the differences as hunter-gatherers. Africa and China have similarities in trade. In Africa they had to travel in camels to cross the Sahara Desert so that they could trade with other societies. By 700 trade is what makes the people have more money and making them rich. Later they mined gold
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The Neolithic Revolution fits into the theme interaction between Humans and the environment because humans started to affect the environments.Factors of the environment such as rainfall patterns‚ and climate shaped human interactions in different parts in regions.Also‚ Nomads falls in the category of interaction between humans and the environment.Nomads are people to do not stay in one place for a long time they usually move to place to place and they utilized the environment to their own advantage
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by the Mesopotamia technological influence and trade‚ but differ from their culture and society. The Egyptian civilization began to develop near to the Nile River. The Nile River provided the population food and water because of its location in a fertile area in the middle of the desert. Farming began developing along the Nile River around 5000 B.C. Egyptian civilization consolidated about around 3150 B.C. with political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh‚ Narmer. Ancient
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British scholar Colin Renfrew has brought many new ideas about the source for a "superfamily" of language. Colin Renfrew was a British scholar that proposed that there were three cultural hearths from the "Agricultural Theory." The source for a "superfamily" of language was found through language diffusion‚ theories of languages‚ and Colin Renfrew’s ideas off of the "Agricultural Theory." Language diffusion has played a significant role in with the two theories‚ Agricultural and Conquest. The diffusion
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Progress (Young Turks) fought for return to 1976 constitution‚ Sultan remained as figurehead. * War in North Africa: Ottomans lost Libya * Young Turks vs. Arabs * World War I: Turkey sided with Germany…. Arab Heartlands * Fertile Crescent‚ Egypt‚ North Africa\Identified with Ottoman rulers as Muslims‚ disliked Ottoman rule * Fear of Western rule Muhammad Ali‚ Westernizing Europe * Napoleon invades Egypt (1798): example of Western military power‚ eventually defeated by
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Discus the early development of urban architecture in the ancient Near East‚ with specific reference to one or two cities in the ‘Fertile Crescent.’ The history of civilization has been one of the most significant fields of study for a very long time. After the agriculture revolution the number of population grow rapidly‚ civilizations were formed and cities were being built to accommodate the growing populations of the ancient civilization. Architecture has always been a vital part of the
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Ancient Civilizations There are many major civilizations in the world today. The first four major civilizations all formed in river valleys. These civilizations are Egypt on the Nile River‚ China on the Huang He River‚ India on the Indus River‚ and Mesopotamia on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. River valleys were a necessity in Early civilizations. The Nile‚ a river that runs through Egypt played an important role in the creation of the civilization. The river was used for irrigation of their crops
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