NOTES Geography * Mesopotamia means the land between the rivers in Greek. (rivers = Tigris and Euphrates) * It is located in western Asia. * It is also known as the world’s earliest urban civilizations. (arose around: 3500 bc) * Mesopotamia‚ known as “the cradle of civilization”‚ was the centre of Sumerian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian‚ and Chaldean civilizations. * The area now forms most of modern Iraq‚ south-eastern Turkey‚ and eastern Syria. * The natural wealth of Mesopotamia
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strict. It took place in temples or at academies or homes of priests. Only boys attended school and very few girls. If so‚ the girls needed to be very wealthy because most people went to school to get a good job. And that job was usually a scribe. If you became a scribe you would become very powerful and much respected! The principle of the school was called a father or an Unmia which translates to expert. Every Unmia had two assistants. These assistants were usually called big brothers. He was in charge
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Jump to: navigation‚ search The initial page of the Peterborough Chronicle. Translation of this scanned page. [1] | Wikisource has original text related to this article: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the Chronicle was created late in the 9th century‚ probably in Wessex‚ during the reign of Alfred the Great. Multiple copies were made of that original which were
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Most everyone knows about the great civilizations of the Sumerians and the Aztecs. If anyone were to visit the land that the Sumerians inhabited‚ they might not be able to imagine how these people were able to survive and flourish. The land there is dry and hot‚ with extreme temperatures. Hardly any vegetation survives in the area. However‚ the Sumerians did find a way in which they could live in the area and live bountifully (Landau 10-12). The Aztec Empire‚ on the other hand‚ appeared in Central
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that represent a letter. In both civilizations‚ mostly only scribes knew how to read and write. Being a scribe was a very honorable profession. People who were to become scribes went to school for many years starting at a young age. The profession of being a scribe was passed down through families; if a boy?s father was a scribe‚ he would become one also. Because children needed to be taught to read and write when they were to become scribes‚ schools were created.
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Nomarchs‚ who were appointed by the Pharaoh or inherited the position‚ ruled over Nomes. There were 42 Nomes (Provinces) -22 in Upper Egypt and 20 in Lower Egypt‚ which ran along the Nile Delta. Under the pharaoh‚ Vizier‚ and Nomarchs were scribes; written by scribes‚ the archive held administrative records‚ such as‚ laws‚ wills‚ marriage contracts‚ conscription lists‚ tax information‚ letters‚ and trial transcripts‚ etc. Enacting laws‚ delivering justice‚ and maintaining law and order was the pharaoh’s
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I read “The Woman Taken in Adultery” which is actually a chapter in the New Testament. The story is about how the scribes brought a woman (who committed adultery) in front of Jesus asking if she should be stoned. Instead‚ Jesus turned the tables on them and said‚ “He that is without sin among you‚ let him cast the first stone at her.” I have heard of this saying before such as‚ “People who live in glass houses‚ should not throw stones. The author wrote this to show us how Jesus would show mercy on
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In the First Civilizations‚ social inequality was expressed through everyday jobs‚ gender roles‚ and social hierarchy. Your job took up most of your day so although it’s not every second‚ it still has a large effect on every citizen. One of the most prominent inequalities was gender because once you left work and went home‚ it was still there waiting for you. Everyone in these jobs‚ boy or girl‚ was ranked on a social hierarchy that determined their possessions‚ how their life was lived‚ and even
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Learning scribal skills was tough work. Girls did not learn to read or write unless they were daughters of kings or were training as priestesses. Teachers‚ mostly former scribes or priests‚ were harsh disciplinarians‚ students were often punished by beating. Teachers punished students who spoke out of turn‚ spoke without permission‚ dressed inappropriately‚ or got up and left without approval. They expected students to be
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