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    I. History Review through 600 CE A. Nomads: Follow the Food 1. Satisfy basic needs: shelter and food a. No cities‚ didn’t know how to farm 2. Foraging societies (hunter-gatherer clans): hunt and gather b. Small group of people traveled from point to point based on the climate availability of plants and animals in an area c. Limitations: i. Capacity of their surroundings ii. Inability to store food long-term

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    Natural Fiber Geotextiles Dr Muhammad Mushtaq Mangat www.mushtaqmangat.org Natural Fiber Geotextiles       As old as human history Ziggurat in the ancient city of Dur-Kurigatzu (now known as Agar-Quf) The Babylonians 3000 years ago constructed this ziggurat using reeds in the form of woven mats and plaited ropes as reinforcement Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China‚ completed circa 200BC‚ utilized tamarisk branches to reinforce mixtures of clay and gravel    

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    scratch – Central America‚ China‚ Mesopotamia2. Farming required irrigation3. Sumerians 3500 BCEa. Cuneiform – scribes b. Sumerian art – frescoes for templesc. Science – astronomy – calendar/forecasts – aided agriculture1. Charts of constellationsd. Ziggurats – first monumental architecturee. Role of geography1. Swift and unpredictable floods – religious2. Polytheism – punishment of humans through floods – Noah3. Gloomy – punishment in afterlife – hell4. Easy to invade – constant war f. City-states –

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    History Study Guide Test 1 Neolithic Age and Revolution What? It is a significant change in living patterns that occurred in the New Stone Age that influence in the evolution of the human being and creation of civilizations around the world. When? Right at the end of the Ice Age‚ around 10‚000 b.c.e How? Through the shift from hunting animals and gathering plants for sustenance (food gathering) to producing food by systematic agriculture (food production). The planting of grains and

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    Alex Hummel World Civilization 1 Midterm Paper Civilization is a word that cannot be used too loosely. How then‚ is civilization defined? It is difficult to define in one word or phrase because a complex society or “civilization” depends on many different aspects. There are characteristics of a civilization that are more essential than others‚ some of which may be more important to one group than to another. However‚ a definition for civilization can be narrowed down to a few fundamental

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    history of architecture History of Architecture Arch. Kevin Espina Introduction HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE What are the board exams like? 1. Memorization is necessary – you must remember many facts 2. Wide in Scope – from pre-historic to modern styles REFERENCES 1. Ching‚ Francis D.K.‚ A Visual Dictionary of Architecture 2. Fletcher‚ Bannister‚ A History of Architecture 20th Ed. 3. Mercado‚ Jose L.‚ The Architectural Reviewer Volume III: History & Theory of Architecture 4. Salvan‚ George

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    AP World Final Study Guide Definitions up to 600 BCE: Paleolithic: The period of the stone age associated with the evolution of humans (Old Stone Age‚ and was a time of nomads and hunter gatherers) Neolithic Revolution: Agricultural Revolution in the New Stone Age Pastoralists: A way a life dependent on large herds of small and large stock (Africa and Central Asia) Hunter-Gatherers: A way of life of people who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering edible plants and insects

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    to create wagons for transporting more goods over a farther distance‚ and also with agriculture by being able to help transport the produce to the cities for market. The architecture they were able to do included arches‚ ziggurats‚ and rounded roofs in the shape of domes. Ziggurats were their temples where they worshipped their gods. They were a polytheistic people‚ and each of their cities had a local god that they worshipped. The Sumerians were able to govern their people and keep control‚ along

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    developed laying the foundations for civilizations. A civilization is a society that includes cities‚ specialized labor‚ complex institutions‚ writing‚ trade‚ and war. Civilizations were advanced with monumental architecture including pyramids and ziggurats. Furthermore‚ some civilizations developed urban planning with the creation of sewage systems‚ and the use of bricks. Most importantly‚ civilizations all developed their own form of writing. Cuneiform‚ hieroglyphics‚ and quipu were all systems

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    Global History Regents Review Unit 1: The Ancient World Section 1: Early Peoples and River Civilizations Nomads – people who moved from place to place‚ hunting and gathering their food. Paleolithic people were nomads. Their simple social structure consisted of small groups of people who traveled together. Cultural Diffusion – the exchange of ideas‚ customs‚ and goods among cultures. Cultural diffusion occurs through trade‚ warfare‚ and migration. Neolithic – the New Stone Age in which planting

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