and techniques that were created by the ancient Sumerians. The geography of ancient Sumer allowed there to be a surplus of food‚ which was very important to the civilization. At around 6000 B.C.‚ Neolithic farmers started to settle into the Fertile Crescent because of its location near both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This is why Sumer is also
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us to see how a specific society perceived the world at that point in time‚ as well as a way to have a visual representation of the life‚ and culture of past civilizations. One major group with remarkable art is the Mesopotamian people of the fertile crescent. Two major artifacts of ancient Mesopotamia‚ that were more than just a work of art‚ but a precious historical document were the Stele of Hammurabi and the Stele of Naram-Sin. Mesopotamia was an ancient region east of the Mediterranean‚ bordered
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abundant wildlife‚ & copious water resources. By 6000 B.C.‚ many people migrated from neighboring areas into its water rich land where the Tigers meet Euphrates in the South.. * The convergence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers produced rich fertile soil and a supply of water for irrigation. The civilizations that emerged around these rivers are among the earliest known non-nomadic agrarian societies. * Because Ubaid‚Sumer‚ Akkad‚ Assyria and Babylon civilizations all emerged around the Tigris-Euphrates
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e Prizrenit ne dokumente Osmane * Lybyer‚ A.H. The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the magnificent‚ (Cambridge‚ 1933) * Malcolm‚ Noel * Marmullaku‚ Ramadan. Albania and Albanians (London‚ 1975)‚ George W. Gawrych‚ The crescent and the eagle. New York‚ 2006. * Reinkowski‚ Maurus. Double struggle‚ no income: Ottoman borderlands in Northern Albania. Original beitrag erschienen in:International journal of Turkish studies 9 (2003)‚ S. [239] – 253. * Skendi‚ Stravo. The Albanian
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Development of Man The early pre-humans were called Australopethecines which means “Southern Apes”. There were four species under this. a) Australopithecus ramidus b) Australopithecus afarensis c) Australopithecus africanus d) Australopithecus robustus Australopithecines were primates which had brains no bigger than the chimpanzee’s‚ shorter than us and have long arms because they are bipedal which means they walk using both their hands and feet. The oldest Australopithecine skeleton
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WOH Notes * B.C.E * Before the Common Era * A.D. * Does not mean After Death * Iraq/ Kuwait area named (4) different names * Mesopotamia * Fertile Crescent * Sumeria * Cradle of Civilization * Zigerath * Temples of ancient Sumeria * City State * Independent political economic entity which dominated the area around the city * Bigger than a city‚ smaller than state * Sumeria * Cuneiform (soonyform)
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A. One significant physical geographic factor that contributed to the development of Mesopotamia was the location of‚ and access to‚ the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers‚ as well as their tributaries. Located in a region known as the “Fertile Crescent”‚ Mesopotamia was able to utilize these rivers for transportation and irrigation of crops. As a result of flooding by the Euphrates‚ large silt deposits provided rich soil and promoted the cultivation of emmer‚ barley‚ beans‚ olives‚ grapes and flax. In
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Middle Colonies I. The Middle Colonies a. Location i. Along the lower Hudson River ii. Included New York‚ New Jersey‚ and Pennsylvania b. Religion i. Puritan‚ Baptist‚ Quaker‚ Catholic‚ and Jewish congregations
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Civilizations The Ancient Egyptians‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Greeks were some of the oldest complex societies‚ although similar in many aspects. Mesopotamia is located in the Fertile Crescent‚ land in and between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers usually known as modern day Iraq and Eastern Syria.(24) In Egypt‚ the Nile River creates a fertile valley which is rich in nutrients and essential to their survival. The Nile flows from Burundi‚ slightly south of the equator eventually traveling through Egypt and into
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geographic luck‚ being given specific resources to live by and to use for their life. All across the world‚ all nations started of with the different resources that were present at the specific area they were located. According to the theory‚ the Fertile Crescent‚ in the Middle East‚ had the perfect crops and the most useful animals that could be used for domestication. A lot of the evolution of people was based on the domestication of plants. When groups/tribes of people didn’t go hunting or gathering
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