the Hindu Kush and Himalayas to the North. The monsoons that are seasonal flood the rivers. The Shang dynasty was situated in China over the Yellow River. On the contrary the Sumerians were not isolated at all in Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia was in the Fertile Crescent‚ which was why many invaders invaded their land‚ ultimately crushing them. The polytheistic religions of the early civilizations were rather similar. The Egyptians had pharaohs‚ which were
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story in the Hebrew Bible. top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMER WAS IN MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamia was in the geographical area that is today called Iraq. The name we call it‚ "Mesopotamia‚" is actually Greek for "between two rivers." The two rivers were the Tigris and the Euphrates. Mesopotamia was the site of one of three earliest urban civilizations (along with the Indus Valley in India and the Nile Valley in Egypt). During
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to the streams (Document 4). Mesopotamia was also a civilization that was impacted by its geographic features. The Fertile Crescent was a main part of the Mesopotamian society. It helped with the development of the Mesopotamian society because the crops farmed in the Fertile Crescent could be traded with other countries for goods that the Mesopotamians could not provide for themselves. The Fertile Crescent was the reason that civilizations arose in Mesopotamia. This occurred because it opened
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Amorite Hammurabi transformed the seemingly minute part of Mesopotamia‚ he had to do something that no other leader had done before; use writing to persuade and convey power. He first did so in writing essentially using it as a weapon against his stronger neighbors in such a way that would rage war with one another to weaken them all the while making him a stronger more powerful leader. Although Babylon was a rather small city in Mesopotamia‚ Hammurabi used deceit to build what is known as the Old
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It was the autumn of 1927‚ and the hot Iraqi sun beat down on Sir Leonard Woolley as he and his crew continued to excavate the earth. He had been digging at the site of the ancient city of Ur‚ a relic of the civilization of Mesopotamia‚ and had found a plethora of artifacts about everyday life. However‚ what he was about to find was much‚ much more interesting. Instead of finding simple graves like before‚ Woolley had stumbled upon four tombs of elites‚ filled with riches of gold and other amazing
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Israel‚ Jordan and turkey (McKay‚ p.16) and was believed to be the home of some of the earliest civilizations in known history (McKay‚ p.34).Out of these civilizations‚ the city of Uruk is considered one of the most important civilizations in Mesopotamia at the time (Mark‚ Definition). Believed to have been founded by the king Enmerkar sometime around 4500 BCE (Mark‚ Definition)‚ this great city was a pioneer for many things including; writing‚ irrigation‚ building of the ziggurat and the development
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mechanism to sustain a society‚ which‚ fundamentally is a series of institutions and systems agreed upon by the members of the group. One would reasonably presume the ancient markets—imagine the agora in Athens or a bazaar in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia—necessitated systemic organization and coordination‚ bringing people together in ways to facilitate exchanges and‚ on balance‚ improving society (see also Lane‚ 1991; and McMillan‚ 2002‚ p. 4‚ who hints the oldest discovered artifact of written
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etc. 4. Stylization- often simplified‚ abstracted or “generic” representation 5. Iconography- subject/meaning/symbolism of a work a. Literal- narrative or story b. Symbolic- political‚ religious‚ etc. c. Aesthetic- decorative or formal Mesopotamia: 1) What are 5 characteristics that help to define a civilization? 1. The cultures revolved around urban centers 2. They developed a written language‚ which implies that a common language was used 3. Various groups within the social system engaged
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CHAPTERS 1 and 2‚ HUMAN ORIGINS AND EARLY CIVILIZATIONS THE ORIGINS OF HUMANKIND Competing Theories of Evolution and creation: (Theories) OUT OF AFRICA THEORY MULTI -REGIONAL THEORY THE GENESIS MYTH The Theory of Evolution * *Classifies humans as primates * *Explains that a crucial development occurred when the ape family differentiated into tree-dwelling types and ground-dwelling types (hominids) *Development of the Genus “Homo” Hominids: not found in the order they lived
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The first code of laws In a land far‚ far away‚ in a place called Mesopotamia‚ The people were scattered and never worked together until‚ Hammurabi came and changed everything. Hammurabi is known for his code of laws. A code of laws is a collection of written laws and rules. He made these laws because the gods told him to. Hammurabi was known for one big reason. He made the first code of laws that brought the city states together. First‚ he started writing the laws in 1792 B.C.E and he finished
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