in different things – lead to priests‚ nobles‚ kings‚ queens‚ etc. – known as “job specialization” * Domestication of Plants and animals > Farming > Population intensification‚ surplus food‚ specialization > Complex society known as civilization. ________________________________________________________________________ What is Jerrod Diamond’s thesis? * Studies birds * ------------------------------------------------- “Why do you white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans
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Chapter 1 ● Mesopotamia (TigrisEuphrates) ○ 80002000 BCE ■ Neolithic (New Stone Age) ■ Earliest Agriculture ○ City States (walled city and hinterland) sprung up around rivers ■ Citystates= characteristic of mesopotamia‚ Archaic and Classical Greece‚ Phoenicia‚ and early Italy ○ People living here= Sumerians ■ In Southern Mesopotamia by 5000 BCE ■ Responsible for making irrigation technology‚ cuneiform‚ religious concepts found in Mesopotamian culture ○ Lugal=Big Man (their leader‚
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The Mesopotamian‚ Egyptian‚ and Indus regions were (respectively) successful regions. All share the aspects of a successful society based from nearby river systems. Group 1:Mesopotamia * Document 1: This document describes the story of an innocent god that shared water with animals at a watering hole. The document describes the importance of water by referencing to the herds of wild game and Enkidu. The people that have created this document have put much emphasis on water systems.
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Compare the culture‚ state and social structure of two or more early civilizations: Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ Indus Valley. 5 Major Historical Themes: - Human And Environment Interaction: People who lived in these ancient civilizations had a great impact on the environment. An example of this would be Mesopotamia. In southern Mesopotamia‚ deforestation‚ soil erosion‚ and salinization of soil weakened Sumerian city-states‚ leading to foreign conquest. The rising populations of the ancient societies
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have a balanced and considered review of at least four the civilizations learned in unit 1: a) The earliest civilizations hardly benefited anyone other than the small‚ largely urban and male elites. Cities developed into bid industry of manufacturing and gave opportunity on specialized jobs such as government officials. b) Some segments of the population became worse off as a result of the development of complex society (civilization). disease spread Women lost many of their rights except
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Chapter 6 Study Guide: Commonalities and Variations: Americas and Africa - Less well-known civilization that thrived are the “Maya” and “Tiwanaku” from Mesoamerica‚ and “Meroë‚” “Axum‚” and “Niger River Valley‚” from Africa. - This Chapter explores their history “Continental Comparisons” - The 3 supercontinent where the Agricultural Revolution first took place were Eurasia‚ Africa‚ and the Americas - 80% of the world population was in Eurasia; 11% was in Africa; 5-7% was in the Americas
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prior to the oldest civilizations (pre historic era according to us). It should be noted that the drainage and plumbing systems used by the Indus Valley civilization at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were much advanced than most of the current systems. Known oldest civilizations are Mesopotamian‚ Egyptian‚ Indus Valley etc. Some of the Indus Valley articles (writings / carvings) points to their ancestors who were termed as Gods (meaning‚ much knowledgeable and powerful than the Indus Valley people themselves)
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aThe Indus-Sarasvati (or Hakra) civilisation was located around the Indus and GhaggarHakra rivers; divided chronologically into four eras it stretches in time from the Neolithic period to the Iron Age. When examining the technological and cultural advances of this society‚ the period in which the Early Harappan phase (part of the Regionalisation era) develops into the Mature Harappan phase (Integration era)‚ that is from 2800-2200BCE is of particular interest. In studying the developments of this
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Ancient India Web Quest “The Ancient Civilizations of India” Go to http://ancientweb.org/index.php/explore/country/India 1. What were the two major cities within the ancient Indus River Valley civilization? a. Mohenjo Daro b. Harrapa 2. List 3 characteristics/features of these two ancient cities. a. writing system b. urban centers c. diversified social and economic system 3. Although copper and bronze were in use during this time‚ which material was still unknown? iron 4. How do we know
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minutes or less. Please email me for a longer appointment or if you cannot make the scheduled office hours. Aims This course will provide students with an understanding of six ancient civilizations through archaeological and documentary sources. These six ancient civilizations are Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ the Indus Valley‚ northern China‚ Mesoamerica‚ and the Andes. The course has three related goals: (1) to trace the historical formation and collapse of these six societies; (2) to examine explanations
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