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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How is the discovery of beer linked to the growth of the first civilizations? a.The growth of the first civilizations came about because farmers were unwilling to leave large quantities of grain unprotected. Even though there were previous pseudo-established settlements‚ the possibility of storing grains encouraged multitudes of people to stay in one place. It has also been found that a family could harvest vast amounts of grains‚ as much as a pound a day for each family member for a year. But
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There were four main ancient River Valley civilizations: the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia‚ the Nile River of Egypt‚ the Indus River of India‚ and the Yellow River of China. These civilizations showed specific similarities and contrasting differences. Many of these differences and similarities showed up in the three categories of the technological advances‚ the types of government‚ and the geography of the civilization. Two civilizations that are very interesting to delve deeper into and study
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How did beer lead to the development of cities in Mesopotamia and Egypt? Grains grew widespread in the Fertile Crescent (The crescent shaped area which had an ideal climate and soil for growing plants and raising livestock‚ it stretches from Egypt‚ up the Mediterranean coast to Turkey‚ and then down again to the border between Iraq and Iran.) causing the unintentional discovery of beer. The Fertile Crescent’s extremely rich soil was suitable for the growth of cereal grains after the last ice age‚ which
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and their success. To the left of Ancient Egypt is the Sahara Desert. The Sahara Desert one of the biggest and hottest deserts in the world. To the right of Ancient Egypt is the Red Sea‚ this feeds into the Arabian Sea. A stretch of land called the Fertile
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Bronze 3. Iron Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Iron 4. Nile- gives people fresh water and is a major source for Egypt. The yearly activity is that it floods the river valley and moist fertile land is left behind. The resource the Nile has is the floodplain full of fertile land 5. Cataract- an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls 6. Delta- at one of the ends of rivers where the river spreads into many different streams 7. Silt- fine sand or clay that is easily
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I. History Review through 600 CE A. Nomads: Follow the Food 1. Satisfy basic needs: shelter and food a. No cities‚ didn’t know how to farm 2. Foraging societies (hunter-gatherer clans): hunt and gather b. Small group of people traveled from point to point based on the climate availability of plants and animals in an area c. Limitations: i. Capacity of their surroundings ii. Inability to store food long-term
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Notes from Stearns’ text book World Civilization 1:1 The Neolithic Revolution (10-13) • Farming initially developed in the Middle East‚ the Fertile Crescent. Grains such as barley and wild wheat were abundant. Also‚ not heavily forested‚ and animals were in short supply‚ presenting a challenge to hunters. 10‚000 BCE to 8‚000 BCE. Notice: it took thousands of years for this “revolution” so not fast but profound for history. Agriculture was hard for many hunting and gathering peoples to
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texts in the royal Assyrian reliefs are written in Akkadian cuneiform. Invented in the Fertile Crescent region‚ cuneiform is inarguably the most ancient writing system ever known in human history. The writing system originates from relatively simple signs that were presumably coined around 3300B.C. for accounting purpose. Along with the development of civilization‚ economic productivity in the Fertile Crescent increased exponentially‚ leading to the expansion of trade even beyond the Mesopotamian
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first glass was created through day-old gruel combined with cereal grains. It created an unknown fuzzy substance that eventually transformed into alcohol‚ or as we know it today as beer. Beer was discovered in 10‚000 B.C.E. in Mesopotamia in the Fertile Crescent. It caused a chain reaction that led to the domestication of crops and beginning of agriculture. Crops such as cereal grain compelled many nomadic tribes to reside near rivers‚ and other waterways that formed the first civilizations like Mesopotamia
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