Geography and the development/diffusion of human society- World history- Mesopotamia • Mesopotamia is Greek for “land between the rivers.” • The land is supplied by water from both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. • Land is mostly flat‚ but borders mountains. • Similar to the Nile River‚ both rivers would flood yearly and cause the crops of the land to be much more plentiful than in surrounding areas. However‚ these rivers are much stronger than the Nile which would create a much worse flooding
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Silk Road‚ which stretched all the way from Venice to China via Asia Minor‚ Persia and India. Come the turn of the fifteenth century‚ due to the advent of new navigational science replacing the dated classical geography of Ptolemy‚ discovery turned westward towards yet to be discovered America and south into what Ptolemy had called on his maps terra incognita‚ or lands unknown‚ which turned out to be the unchartered regions of Africa. Both these directions of exploration were partly in search of a
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TROPICAL AFRICA AND ASIA The geography‚ trade‚ technology‚ religion‚ and cultural aspects contributed the development of tropical Africa and Asia during the1200-1500 era. Southern Arabia‚ and most of Africa‚ India‚ and Southeast Asia lie between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. New empires such as‚ Mali and the Delhi Sultanate were consolidated under the Islamic faith and cultures. Under its rule‚ these societies were able to expand their trade and advanced in technological developments. Both
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society‚ women are treated more or less equally with men. But was it like that in post-classical societies long ago? What was it like in two post-classical periods‚ of North Africa and Southwest Asia? North Africa had its differences‚ Southwest Asia had its own‚ but they shared some similarities as well. In North Africa‚ women were actually deemed high in their society. They were considered the source of life and were often held in higher regard than men. They planted and harvested crops while
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The Cold War became so violent in Asia and Africa due to the conflict between two competing blocs: capitalist democracies represented by the United States and Western Europe‚ and communist countries represented by the Soviet Union and China. Truman Doctrine’s speech started the Cold War. The difference between those two blocs in political direction and economic system provoked wars in Asia and Africa. After the World War II‚ the world was been divided into two political system‚ capitalism‚ which
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Risk in America A little over a year ago I was a senior in high school‚ leaving school with the weekend ahead of me‚ ready to unwind‚ and enjoy the night with my friends. On my trip home my mother called me and asked if I could go out of my way to pick my sister up from school; reluctantly‚ I tell her that I will. Before that call my friends and I had established that I would be driving us to the senior class tailgate before the football game that night. Wanting to get to the tailgate faster‚ I
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Study Guide Chapter 8. Southwestern Asia and Northern Africa. 1.Describe climate and vegetation of this region. Hot‚ dry plains contrast with snow-capped mountain ranges and well watered river valleys. Dry climatic environments in which evaporation rates are greater than precipitation. They dominate virtually the whole region‚ the lack of cloud cover makes nights cool or cold and freezes are possible in the winter. Most places have irregular rains. 2.Describe landforms of this region. High mopuntain
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Mesopotamia‚ an ancient Greek term meaning “the land between rivers”‚ is considered to be the cradle of civilization because this is where we find the origins of agriculture‚ written language‚ and cities. It was known as the land between two rivers‚ the Tigris to the north and the Euphrates to the south. Rains were seasonal in this area‚ which meant that the land flooded in the winter and spring and water was scarce at other times. Farming in the region depended on irrigation from the Tigris and
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comparing and contrasting the legacies of cultural syncretism in Africa and the Americas with the resistance to cultural change Westerners encountered in China and India. The group had to answer what cultural factors caused the differences in outcomes. They had to answer what legacies have the differences in types of encounters and degrees of cultural change left today. They had to answer if syncretism had not occurred in the Americas‚ how might modern culture be different. They had to answer if
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Mesopotamia (3100BC-540BC) 1. Social structure: The priest held high status and initially governed the city-state 2. Organized Government: the government was theocracy which means that the government ran by religion; also the government was a monarchy which means there is the king rule’s the land. 3. Religion: polytheism which means that they belief in more than one god. 4. Scientific & Cultural Achievements: invented the wheel which they used to make pottery and vehicles‚ also invented the
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