change in type of personal names. Sometimes the names are the only remains of their original language. In their new positions‚ they often stimulate further cultural development. Akkadians‚ speaking a Semitic language‚ may have been present in Mesopotamia since the time the Sumerians arrived‚ or they may have diffused into the region later. Their culture intermingled and they must have been living peacefully together. On Sumerian clay tablets dated around 2900-2800 BCE found in Fara‚ Semitic (Akkadian)
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Foundations: c. 8000 B.C.E.–600 C.E. Major Developments 1. Locating world history in the environment and time A. Environment 1. Geography and climate: Interaction of geography and climate with the development of human society a. Five Themes of Geography – consider these 1. Relative location – location compared to others 2. Physical characteristics – climate‚ vegetation and human characteristics 3. Human/environment interaction – how do humans interact/alter environ a. Leads to
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Foundations: c. 8000 B.C.E.–600 C.E. Major Developments 1. Locating world history in the environment and time 1. Environment 1. Geography and climate: Interaction of geography and climate with the development of human society a. Five Themes of Geography – consider these 1. Relative location – location compared to others 2. Physical characteristics – climate‚ vegetation and human characteristics
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Indus Valley Epic of Gilgamesh City-states and warrior kings Job specialization - farmers‚ metallurgist‚ Early use of bronze tools‚ merchants‚ craftsmen‚ political chariots Advanced astronomy; math Hammurabi’s Code administrators‚ priests; MESOPOTAMIA Social classes; based on 60 (developed by Pessimistic view of world‚ Competition among city states as 3500 BCE) perhaps due to irregular‚ well as frequent invasions led to Marriage contracts‚ veils for women; women of upper classes less
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Source: Strayer‚ Robert W. Ways of the World: a Brief Global History. Boston‚ MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2009. Print. CHAPTER THREE: First Civilizations Cities‚ States‚ and Unequal Societies3500 b.c.e.–500 b.c.e. “Over 100 miles of wilderness‚ deep exploration into pristine lands‚ the solitude of backcountry camping‚ 4×4 trails‚ and ancient American Indian rock art and ruins. You can’t find a better way to escape civilization!” So goes an advertisement for a vacation in Utah’s Canyonlands
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Gupta Empire of India. Broad topics addressed in the Foundations time period are: Environmental and periodization issues Early development in agriculture and technology Basic cultural‚ political‚ and social features of early civilizations: Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ Indus Valley‚ Shang China‚ and Meso/South America The rise and fall of classical civilizations: Zhou and Han China‚ India (Gupta Empire)‚ and Mediterranean civilizations (Greece and Rome) Major belief systems‚ including polytheism‚ Hinduism
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VTR. SA. Jesús Perales! 1/09/14! ! ! Comparative Essay! The Civilizations of Ancient China and Mesopotamia‚ in general were all different but similar in some aspects‚ the political‚ economic and intellectual outlooks of these ancient peoples say a lot about their ways of life! ! The earliest Civilization is believed to have been developed in Mesopotamia “land between the rivers”‚ the rivers Tigris and Euphrates rise in the modern Turkey‚ while China has rivers too‚
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Comparative Essay The rise of Egypt and Mesopotamia occurred at about the same time. Although Egypt and Mesopotamia were influenced by a religious leader and had similar forms of writing‚ motivation from Egypt came from climate and religious factors‚ while Mesopotamia was made up of a group of city-states and different religious factors in the 4000 and 600 BCE. Because the civilizations had different religious systems‚ the ways of life were different among the civilizations. The civilizations had
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Egypt and Mesopotamia have both similarities and differences‚ throughout both of these civilizations from back to 3‚500 B.C. The political and social structures in these civilizations were different and the same in their own way. The political differences between Egypt and Mesopotamia included hierarchy power‚ land control‚ and centralized government. The similarities between both civilizations are social class‚ male patriarchy‚ and kings. Egypt and Mesopotamia both had differences of their political
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turning point in which the utilization of systematic agriculture created societies. Two civilizations‚ Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia‚ both transformed into civilizations by changing from nomadic hunter-gatherers to agriculture and trade civilizations. Both civilizations were created as a result of the same revolution‚ but they still differ in numerous ways. Egypt and Mesopotamia had similarities and differences in religion‚ social and political structure‚ and geography. These variations shaped the
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