World History Midterm Exam Review ****You will also be given a series of maps‚ charts‚ graphs‚ etc) Terms/names bronze Neolithic Revolution civilization Homo erectus Catal Huyuk culture Neanderthal cuneiform Ur trade Fertile Crescent pharaoh Polytheism Shang Hammurabi loess Indus Valley dynasty Hieroglyphics pictographs the Royal Road Hyksos Babylon Legalism Confucianism Great Wall of China Kush Assyria Meroe Persia Demosthenes Dorians Mycenaeans Rhodes phalanx Peloponnesian
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ECOSOC study guide Committee: Economic and Social Council Issue: Food security and agricultural development in the Sahel region Student Officer: Rain Yang I. Committee Information ECOSOC was established by UN Charter body that coordinates with economic and social‚ 14 specialized agencies‚ 9 functional commissions and 5 regional commissions. With 54 members serve as central forum and discussing about the world’s economic‚ social and environmental challenges. This committee is responsible
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Global History Regents Review Unit 1: The Ancient World Section 1: Early Peoples and River Civilizations Nomads – people who moved from place to place‚ hunting and gathering their food. Paleolithic people were nomads. Their simple social structure consisted of small groups of people who traveled together. Cultural Diffusion – the exchange of ideas‚ customs‚ and goods among cultures. Cultural diffusion occurs through trade‚ warfare‚ and migration. Neolithic – the New Stone Age in which planting
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of gold for metalworking‚ and refining‚ precious ores‚ and endowed with natural resources far more plentiful than Mesopotamia so they were able to triad for animals‚ wood‚ incense‚ etc... Mesopotamia had crops that were very fertile considering they were in the Fertile Crescent;There civilization relied on trading food and other supplies for raw materials and luxury items as an economic way of life because of there easily accessible country through there two rivers.Mesopotamia had switched from stone
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A once great and numerous people that has since then died out. These people would be the Samaritans‚ a group of people that lived during the time of the Old Testament. They were both Jewish and not Jewish and had a very unique religion‚ which caused them to be hated by the Jews. The Samaritans were also used in one of Jesus’ parables along with the Jews to teach a lesson on who is your neighbor and how you should love and be kind to them. When thinking of the Samaritans it is hard to not also
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Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world‚ consisting of 1.6 billion in 2010 with the projected growth of 2.76 billion in 2050 . Islam originated in Mecca‚ Saudi Arabia in the seventh century. The Arabic word “jihad” is translated as struggling or striving . It is most often associated with the concept of a spiritual or “holy war”. It is a religious duty used to portray a believer’s devotion to Islam. Throughout history the spread of Islam has been categorized between three periods‚ most
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made objects such as tools and jewelry are known as? Artifacts 30) What inventions aided villagers in developing successful farming and trading practices? Wheel‚ Sail‚ Plow‚ and irrigation 31) In Greek‚ “Mesopotamia‚” the lands in the Fertile Crescent that face the Mediterranean Sea‚ translates as what? Land between the rivers 32) What percentage of China’s land is suitable for farming? 10% 33) What was the name of the Babylonian leader that developed a set of codes? Hammurabi
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early civilizations developed in the flood plains of rivers in Africa and Asia. Mesopotamia was located in the "Fertile Crescent" along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers‚ in present day Iraq. Mesopotamia was an agricultural based society with a polytheistic religion that focused on nature. Their government was made up of regional urban kingdoms with individual city states. The Fertile Crescent consisted of the Sumarian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian‚ and Chaldean people‚ who all helped refine Mesopotamia. The
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Al-Shabaab? Darryl Everett Excelsior College Who is Al-Shabaab? The creation of life‚ the desire to remain plentiful and enjoying the fruits of the Fertile Crescent has caused wars due to rightful inheritance. This may sound like gibberish‚ but the Fertile Crescent area is also known as the cradle of civilization and has a history of being the birthplace of man; as well as‚ it is the home to many religions. Many of these habitants of this region have been
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hearth the Anatolians moved east and west and they spread their language. 7. What is the Renfrew Hypothesis and how does it differ from the Anatolian or Kurgan theories? The Renfrew Hypothesis states that languages go back even further to the Fertile Crescent; whereas‚ the Anatolian theory says
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