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    they were all conquered and unified by stronger forces from the north such as the Akkadians‚  Babylonians and Assyrians. On the other hand‚ in Egypt‚ they went basically straight from  agricultural settlements along the nile and maybe some small chiefdoms to a nation state all  unified by the first Pharaoh; Narmer. Egypt was unified almost without conflict for the  entirety of its existence save for when the Nile failed to flood properly‚ then the authority

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    of regions north of Orange River and Natal. • Mfecane: Wars of 19th century in southern Africa; created by Zulu expansion under Shaka; revolutionized political organization of southern Africa. • Swazi: New African state formed on model of Zulu chiefdom; survived mfecane. • Lesotho: Southern African state that survived mfecane; not based on Zulu model; less emphasis on military organization‚ less authoritarian

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    Courage and Discovery: Analysis of A Princess Found “YOU ARE A PRINCESS!!” screamed her uncle. “You can be a Paramount Chief one day! Your grandfather was one and your uncle is one!”.For a twenty eight year old American biracial woman who just wanted to find her birth father‚ that is a lot to swallow! The two tales across 7548 kilometers that eventually become one‚ is the memoir of Sarah Culberson’s‚ A Princess Found‚ is about the longing for an identity beyond skin color that is well

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    Anthropology 101 Final Review Chapter 1: What is Anthropology? * Phenotype: refers to an organism’s evident traits‚ its “manifest biology”—anatomy and physiology. Human display hundreds of evident (detectable) physical traits. They range from skin color‚ hair form‚ eye color‚ and facial features (which are visible ) to blood groups and enzyme production (which become evident through testing) Chapter 2: Culture * Enculturation: is the process by which a child learns his or her culture

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    example‚ in a professor/student conversation‚ the student would not use the same type of words‚ phrases‚ or sentence structure that one would use when talking to family or friends. In the early days of human existence‚ this occurred in the band/tribe/chiefdom social organization where one would talk to a superior with respect and admiration. The evolution into an industrialized society where humans have to work for a living and are generally subordinate to higher positions of power during their workday

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    Read p.435-440 notes/MI The Atlantic slave trade MI: Trade was the basis of Portuguese relations with Africans‚ the Portuguese provided African rulers with slaves in return they received ivory‚ pepper‚ animal skin and gold. · Portuguese ships pushed down the west of Africa coast and reached the cape of good hope · They established factories‚ forts and trading posts with resident merchants‚ along the cost · El mina(1482) was the most important‚ it was a gold producing region · Africans

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    Deep Time Deep time refers to an enormous timescale with which geologists and scholars of evolution must deal. Homo sapiens first emerged as a separate species‚ not 800 years ago‚ or even 10‚000 years ago‚ but somewhere between 100 and 200 thousand years ago. The earliest identifiable human ancestor appeared between 7 and 6 million years ago. And the earliest primates occurred between 65 and 55 million years ago. The planet itself if 4.6 billion years old. These timescales can be hard to get

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    Agricultural Revolution positively AND negatively impact humanity? Use pages 61-62 to create a list of 9-10 total details. 13) Describe the complex relationship between pastoral peoples and their farming neighbors from page 63. 14) How did chiefdoms differ from stateless agricultural village societies? Identify 2-3 differences from pages 65-66. Chapter 3 15) Using the map on page 88-89

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    After the Agricultural Revolution‚ the rise of civilizations scattered around the world‚ each one having various features that formed from their people and the land. Two civilizations that honed similarities and differences‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ grew and adapted alongside river valleys—the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Nile respectively. Both civilizations turned to control and unify their people through ideas of class hierarchy and kingship. However‚ Mesopotamian life differed from Egyptian

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    South Africa. His father was the chief adviser of Tembu ruler. After the death of his father in 1930‚ Nelson Mandela was sent to live with the chief of Tembu Nation. However‚ in his late teens‚ Nelson Mandela renounced his hereditary rights to the chiefdom and took up college studies. During the period of college studies he came into contact with modern principles of freedom‚ liberty‚ democracy‚ equality‚ political rights‚ etc. He was deeply distressed to see the sufferings of his fellow Africans

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