“Until the middle of the twentieth century‚ historians often referred to the earliest places where writing and cities developed as the ‘cradles of civilization‚’ proposing a model of development for all humanity patterned on that of an individual person” (McKay et al.‚ 2015‚ pg. 34). Civilizations were often thought of as places where writings had occurred since the writings “allowed more permanent expression of thoughts‚ ideas‚ and feelings” (McKay et al.‚ 2015‚ pg. 34). With the different civilizations
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Hammurabi took Babylon from a small town near the Tigris river to being “one of the most powerful and influential in all of Mesopotamia” (Mark). The name Babylon means “confusion” in Hebrew‚ and it is where the tower of Babel was located. He did many things to the city in order to keep it peaceful. He
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Chapter One Notes Before Civilization (Circa Lorraine) Culture: constituted by learned patterns of action and expression FOOD GATHERING AND STONE TECHNOLOGY Stone tool-making first appeared around 2 million years ago Stone Age Lasted from 2 million to about 4‚000 years ago Misleading label: bone‚ skin and wood just survive poorly Paleolithic = Old Stone Age Neolithic = New Stone Age Foundations of science‚ art‚ and religion begin here May have believed in afterlife In game-rich areas
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with each token representing a unit of goods. Tokens were fairly easy to make and the resources required were abundant in Mesopotamia. Such resources include water from the two river canals that run through central Mesopotamia‚ the Euphrates and Tigris‚ combined with mud that resulted in moist material known as clay. Clay is known to be easily modeled when moist and if left in the sun to dry‚ it tends to become a relatively permanent‚ hard‚ and solid material (Grigorenko et al‚ 3-4). These tokens
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settlers how to smoke and dry indigenous meat and fish and how to plant the three sisters -- corn‚ beans and squash -- in mounds fertilized by fish and blessed by powdered tobacco‚ which is also a natural insect repellent‚" said Kinorea "Two Feather" Tigri.” (Post-Gazette) "They also taught how to navigate from place to place by water and over land‚ how to tan hides used for clothing‚ how to identify toxic plants and berries and explained the medicinal and culinary use of indigenous herbs." (Post-Gazette)
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first set of laws ever established. It was an ‘eye for an eye‚ tooth for a tooth’ kind of laws. You killed someone…someone will kill you. Hammurabi was king of Babylon about 4‚000 years ago. Babylon was the land between the rivers‚ the rivers being Tigris and the Euphrates. He proclaimed that he was “Hammurabi‚ King of Justice.” That he protected the weak – poor people‚ widows‚ orphans- from the powerful (Levin). I chose to compare some of the law codes in Hammurabi’s Law Codes and some amendments
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Throughout history‚ every society has had some form of myths that have significance or reasoning behind why they have been shared with society. Whether it is myth designed to teach a valuable lesson or a myth that explains something as simple as why the seasons change the way that they do‚ to these societies they all have played some sort of purpose in explaining why life is the way that it is for them. But while these myths cover that wide range of topics‚ there is only one myth that can hold distinction
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Genesis 1-3: Life‚ Immortality and Death Judaism‚ like other world religions‚ attempts to produce stories to explain how the world was created and how mankind came to be. For Judaism‚ the story of creation and mankind can be found in the first three chapters of the book of Genesis. The book of Genesis‚ originally written in Hebrew‚ was translated in Greek about two hundred and fifty years before the time of Christ. The author‚ believed to be Moses‚ is an admired leader in Judaism. He writes the creation
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Book of Habakkuk The prophet Habakkuk introduced in his Book is not considered a prominent figure‚ as he is considered to be one of the twelve Minor Prophets. There is no indication of his lineage and is just referred to as Habakkuk the prophet in the Biblical text‚ but due the liturgical nature of the verses in the book‚ some scholars have described Habakkuk as a cultic prophet. The apocryphal and post-biblical literatures do not reach a consensus to who he was. Some say that he came from the tribe
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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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