Modern real estate emphasizes the importance of location. As the first civilizations emerged thousands of years ago‚ the significance of locality was no different. Societies that made the transition from nomadic‚ hunter-gatherer groups to agricultural communities depended on having an abundance of natural resources to sustain larger‚ more condensed populations. Citizens of these early civilizations were at the mercy of their surrounding environment‚ as it was often their main or only source of
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demons. The ancient mesopotamians also believed in the Netherworld‚ their version of the afterlife. The people of Mesopotamia believed that their world was controlled by gods‚ goddesses‚ monsters and demons. The mesopotamians were polytheistic‚ they believed in hundreds of gods. They also believed that gods created demons‚ good and bad. The people of ancient mesopotamia believed that by worshiping the other worldly beings they kept them happy. They believed that if the other worldly beings
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culture‚ science‚ industry‚ and government has been reached. * Mesopotamia: Cradle of Civilization * The name Mesopotamia is a Greek word meaning “between the rivers.” * located in a region that included parts of what is now eastern Syria‚ southeastern Turkey‚ and most of Iraq‚ lay between two rivers‚ the Tigris and the Euphrates * Why Mesopotamia? * Several civilizations flourished in the region. * Mesopotamia is generally credited with being the first place where civilized
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AP World History Study Guide General Terms to Study: Unit 1: history concepts/Prehistory Prehistory - Refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing. The Five Themes of Geography - Location refers to the relative or absolute location of places. Relative location describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. Absolute location provides a definite reference to locate a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude‚ a street
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from 1792 to 1750 B.C. His attributes were he extended his empire northward from the Persian Gulf to the Tigris and Euphrates River and west to the Mediterranean Sea. He united the area into one extensive empire‚ Mesopotamia‚ which in present day is known as Iraq. (Ancient Mesopotamia) Hammurabi created a list of rules and laws for the people of his empire to follow called “The Code of Hammurabi”. This is one of the oldest and most detailed documents in existence and gives insight as to how the
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professions. Jericho and Çatal Hüyük are two excavated sites that give us vivid glimpses of early Neolithic towns. Mesopotamia Mesopotamia was home to a complex civilization that developed in the plain of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers beginning in the fourth millennium B.C.E. The elements of civilization initially created by the Sumerians‚ the earliest known people to live in Mesopotamia‚ were later taken over and adapted by the Semitic peoples who became dominant in the region. The temples of
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governed different parts of the empire. | *Stele is inscribed in stone labs.*Egyptians built their pyramids‚ statues and monuments out of stone. | Mesopotamia | Located in Iraq; a desert Tigris & Euphrates. Mesopotamia land between the 2 main rivers called “fertile crescent” due to its rich soil. | Many harsh or punishing gods of nature. | *Mesopotamia cities were actually city- states. Led by the king.*The center of each city-state was the ziggurat (temple). | By 3200 BCE Sumerians invented cuneiform
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A.P. World History Guided Reading 1 "The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations” TERMS: Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship)
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conventions for writing letters‚ contracts and accounts. Scribes were under the patronage of the Sumerian goddess Nisaba. In later times her place was taken by the god Nabu whose symbol was the stylus (a cut reed used to make signs in damp clay). In Mesopotamia‚ the priest was in charge of dividing the farmers into groups to farm and take care of the land. He also ensured that the crops that they grew‚ such as barley‚ beans‚ and wheat were harvested and distributed among the people. In Egypt‚ the priests
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including Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ India and China are truly ancient achievements as a whole. However‚ China has truly influenced our thinking in a way that no other civilization can compare with. Their ideas have proven without a doubt‚ the true knowledge and skill as a whole these ancient societies had. Religion has undergone one of the largest changes since it appeared in early civilizations such as Mesopotamia and Egypt. However‚ its roots are planted deeply in the ancient world. Mesopotamia had one
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