World History- 1st Term Trimestral EARLY HUMANS List of early human achievements during the Stone Age * Invention of tools * Mastery over fire * Development of language * Polish stone tools * Make pottery * Grow crops * Raise animals Hominid Development Type | Found where | Brain size | Period | Notes | Australopithecines | Africa | 500 mc 3 | 4 to 1 million years ago | First humanlike creature to walk upright | Homo habilis | East Africa | 700mc 3 | 2.5
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technology presented in source three about ancient civilizations was the most advanced type of technology used throughout all of the articles presented. The highly advanced technology that was talked about throughout the passage is able to use infrared satellite imagery. Infrared satellite imagery is able to look down on an open area and see what is located under the surface of the ground. Explorers had used this to uncover what the old civilizations looked like through the satellite. When a
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Egyptian Architecture Due to the scarcity of wood the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were sun-baked mud bricks and stone‚ mainly limestone but also sandstone and granite in considerable quantities. From the Old Kingdom onward‚ stone was generally reserved for tombs and temples‚ while bricks were used even for royal palaces‚ fortresses‚ the walls of temple precincts and towns‚ and for subsidiary buildings in temple complexes. The core of the pyramids came from stone quarried
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extent to which Egyptian mythology influenced the Egyptian justice system. Crime and punishment within ancient Egypt was heavily influenced by Egyptian mythology and religious belief. The various deities embodied different values and codes of conduct. This was significant as it had a major influence on the severity of the punishment for various criminal activities‚ depending on the importance and status of the God or Goddess. Ma’at was the most influential God overall on the Egyptian justice system
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The ancient Greece‚ place of many historical events and the birth of many revolutionary social achievements. One of the most successful civilizations in the mediterranean but never as firm as other powerful empires. Staring with the Minoans‚ Greece began its way to be one the tops civilized civilizations. This time brought writing‚ roots for religion and what would be later the greek land. To what is known today they were a pacific civilization‚ not like their successors‚ the Mycenaean. A constant
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There is no doubt that the annual flooding of the Nile River was the greatest environmental factor contributing to the development of early Egyptian civilization. The Nile snakes through a vast desert wasteland with the world’s largest desert‚ the Sahara‚ to the east‚ and several smaller deserts to the west. These deserts are inhospitable to most life forms‚ but the earliest settlers to the region‚ around 6000 BCE‚ were drawn to the banks of the Nile by plentiful fish and abundant fruit trees.
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Comparing Ancient Civilizations The word civilization is defined as “an advanced state of human society”. When thinking of an ancient civilization though‚ people of the present do not really consider these societies advanced technologically or culturally. The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Shang and Zhou dynasties prove that their thinking is a misconception with their innovations in the ancient world. The Chinese and the Mesopotamia’s similarities proved why these civilizations thrived
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India¡¯s civilizations. India is cut off from other civilizations because of the various mountains ( for example‚ the Himalayas‚ Vindhya Mountains‚ etc.) and the rivers (for example‚ the Ganges River). Therefore‚ India‚ unlike many other cultures at the time‚ was free from the influences of the outside world. They were able to develop their own culture. In terms of the physical features‚ the value of the environment would have determined where people lived. For example‚ civilizations most likely
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Ancient India India is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. Its ancient history dates back further than most and has many periods. Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of India. Ancient tools found in the Soan Valley and South India are the earliest evidence of humans in India discovered so far. Some of the tools date back to the Paleolithic Age – 400‚000 to 200‚000 years ago‚ other tools date to the Mesolithic Age and the Neolithic Age (8000 BC – 4000 BC). The first
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The role of women in different civilizations‚ even though on different spectrums of the world‚ had many similarities and only a few differences. Women in these four civilizations: Greece‚ Egypt‚ China‚ and India faced many of the same hardships‚ struggles‚ and prejudices. Some of this treatment of women didn’t even end until present day (1920’s). In some of these civilizations women were able to rise up somewhat in their communities but it didn’t come without some kind of interference. When it came
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