Take Home Midterm History 192 Professor Bravo September 29‚ 2013 A. Shang Dynasty The Shang Dynasty ruled a region of China in the Yellow River valley‚ an area of land that is now commonly referred to as the cradle of Chinese civilization¹. The Shang Dynasty ruled their empire from around 1500-1050 B.C.E. and existed during the time of China’s Bronze Age. The Shang is the first Chinese Dynasty to leave behind sufficient evidence
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gathering nomads culture Homo sapiens band civilization matrilineal domestication social differentiation pastoralist hieroglyphs monotheism Include these terms in the answers to the discussion questions: Neolithic Neolithic Agricultural Revolution Bronze Age Paleolithic “savages” Neanderthals Jericho Mesopotamia Sumerians cuneiform city-state Epic of Gilgamesh ziggurats animism Babylonian Empire Hammurabi Phoenicians Hittites Chapter 1 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (Answer
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REGION: GENDER STRUCTURES REGIONS Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods Foundations 4500 BCE To 600 CE Post-Classical 600 – 1450 CE Early Modern 1450 – 1750 CE Modern 1750 – 1914 CE Contemporary 1914 - Present SOUTHWEST ASIA Paleolithic Societies: Generalized gender equality. Women gathered but they often did hunt. Women could be leaders and sat in council. Men/women both raised children and provide for the social groups as life was subsistence. Neolithic Society: Sedentary society based on
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Sorcha Brooks Stephen Germic First-Year Writing September 2012 An Analysis of Spotted Horses and Human Hands The art in the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras is some of the oldest known in human history‚ and has been found in Europe‚ Africa‚ Australia and Asia. Archaeologists have found wall paintings‚ carvings‚ sculptures‚ and tools. Authors Joseph Campbell and Karen Armstrong discuss mythic iconography in art from these periods‚ however‚ these articles offer limited interpretation of specific works
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Cymru in Welsh‚ at least 230‚000 years ago. Homo sapiens had arrived by about 31‚000 BC. However‚ continuous habitation by modern humans dates from the period after the end of the last ice age around 9000 BC‚ and Wales has many remains from the Mesolithic‚ Neolithic‚ and Bronze Age. The earliest known human remain discovered in modern-day Wales is a Neanderthal jawbone‚ found at the Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site in the valley of the River Elwy in North Wales‚ whose owner lived about 230‚000 years ago in the Lower
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World History Notes: Chapter One Intro In 1849‚ William Loftus founded the ruins of the city of Uruk‚ one of the first cities in the world. Loftus found this ancient city in a part of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was one of the first places where civilization began. The First Humans The first civilizations began in Western Asia and Egypt. The way we determine how civilization came about is through science. Archaeologists find many signs of civilization in ancient ruins. No records were contained
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primarily vegetarian‚ Paleolithic people also used weapons to hunt. They developed a sexual division of labor and became knowledgeable about the natural world that provided them with clothing and medicine. C. Climate change drove early human communities to abandon hunting and gathering and develop agriculture and pastoralism‚ which consequently increased the global human population from 2 to 10 million in less than 10‚000 years. D. Prosperity of the settled life during the Neolithic period led to the
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are remains such as tools jewelry and other human made objects Culture people’s unique way of life Hominid a member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk Paleolithic Age a prehistoric period that lasted from about 2‚500‚000 to 8000 B.C Neolithic Age a prehistoric period that started 8000 Technology the ways in which ppl apply knowledge tools and inventions to meet there needs Homo sapiens Homo sapiens is the scientific name for the human
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Clive Gamble’s theory revolves around communication‚ which was most likely difficult considering during the Paleolithic era people had nomadic lifestyles.Most female figurines had small size making them compatible with the nomadic lifestyle. The nomads used these figurines to establish communication‚ and once established made it easier. Through this form of communications‚ it is possible that the people in this era used the Venus figurines as a symbol of female interaction and mating. Although the
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PALEOLITHIC‚ NEOLITHIC‚ AND ANCIENT ERA Other Names All Eras= Technological & Environmental Transformations Paleolithic= “Old” Stone Age Neolithic= “New” Stone Age Ancient= Bronze Age Time-Span c. 8000 BCE to 600 CE Top 5 List Agriculture: Slash-and-Burn Farming= ashes from the burnt down forest used to fertilize fields China’s Domestication of Rice= began when the Shang dynasty began to cultivate land and was able to farm rice Irrigation= helps move water from the river to a specific
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