Chapter 1 Reading Guide From Human Prehistory to the Early River Valley Civilizations DIRECTIONS: Read Chapter 1: From Human Prehistory to the Early River Valley Civilizations DIRECTIONS: Define the following vocabulary terms. Paleolithic Age: The Old Stone Age ending in 12‚000 b.c.e.; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence. Neolithic Age: The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 b.c.e.; period in which adaption of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication
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differed in numerous modes‚ including political authority and geography. Mesopotamian civilizations settled along the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers. Egyptians settled along the Nile River. Both of these civilizations used their rivers as a natural resource to survive. Agriculture was a very important aspect of both civilizations. In Mesopotamia‚ unpredictable flooding of the Tigris-Euphrates River occurred. Meanwhile in Egypt‚ the Nile River flooded at least once a year but its flooding was foreseeable
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first specialization of labor. This lead to trade and many technological advances‚ such as the potter’s wheel and the discovery of metals. The Fertile Crescent is where the Sumer civilization began. It stretches from the Persian Gulf‚ through the Tigris and Euphrates‚ to the Mediterranean Sea‚ and along the coast to the Nile River basin. It is an area that supported agriculture and had a lot of vegetation. Along the Euphrates River the land was suitable for irrigation‚ which allowed for areas further
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Mesopotamia was the first civilization ever‚ was able to build huge structures‚ and its city-states did not have very much in common with one another. The Earliest Civilization Ever Mesopotamia became a civilization at around 3100 BC between the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates. According to HISTORY OF MESOPOTAMIA‚ Mesopotamia was invented a bit earlier than 3100 BC. This is telling us that Mesopotamia became a civilization at around 3100 BC. This is also the time that the first civilization started because
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agriculture. The two civilizations both use their rivers‚ the Nile river for the Egyptians‚ and the Tigris and Euphrates for the Mesopotamians. The way they used the rivers is they attempted to predict when the river they were near would flood‚ and use the land around it which would be fertile after the flooding to plant their crops. The main difference with the two civilization’s rivers is that the Tigris
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Egypt and Mesopotamia Many of the world’s first civilisations developed at many different times and places‚ however some emerged simultaneously. Although it’s quite hard to tell‚ scientists have been able to roughly estimate the time cities first became civilised. It is arguable as to what civilisation began initially‚ however it is assured that Egypt and Mesopotamia were two
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their religion‚ and any person of religious stature was in high ranks and highly respected. In Mesopotamia Both the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers frequently caused destructive floods‚ flooding villages and cities‚ killing people and livestock. As where in Egypt the matter was different Egypt floods could be predicted more easily. In Mesopotamia Both the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers frequently caused destructive floods‚ flooding villages and cities‚ killing people and livestock. Egypt‚ which was protected
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started in valleys of Nile‚ Tigris and Euphrates * What is the Neolithic Revolution? * The important shift from food gathering to food producing * Who are the nomads? * Wanderers who travel from place to place in search of food CH 2 * Babylonians * What is a dynasty? * Family of rulers in which the right to rule passes on with the family * What is the Fertile Crescent? * Fertile land that lies within the crescent shaped area‚ Tigris-Euphrates Valley was
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the empire would be unstable he began to revolt. As a response to this‚ in February 703 BCE‚ Sennacherib swept south to subdue the areas controlled by the Chaldean tribes and ended the campaign with a raid into the Aramean tribal areas‚ east of the Tigris river. As a result of this‚ all revolting states were subdued and conquered. Furthermore‚ booty and slaves were taken back to Nineveh were Sennacherib resided. In addition to this‚ Merodach Baladan II fled allowing a puppet king to be installed in
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Sumerians. The geography of ancient Sumer allowed there to be a surplus of food‚ which was very important to the civilization. At around 6000 B.C.‚ Neolithic farmers started to settle into the Fertile Crescent because of its location near both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This is why Sumer is also
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