social needs did they serve‚ and how are these social functions addressed in our culture? During the Vedic Age of Indian civilization‚ it is believed that after the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization some of the kinship groups and patriarchal families migrated into India. As some within the Aryas tribe (light-skinned) entered into the Ganges Valley‚ they encountered a struggle with the Dasas tribe (dark-skinned) but managed to force the tribe into southern India. The struggle
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First Civilizations Thesis: Agriculture allowed for far greater population than did any previous way of life‚ which led to greater individuality‚ oppression‚ and inequality. I. Trace the origins of the first civilizations. A. Civilization arose in six major locations scattered around the world. 1. One of the earliest civilizations emerged in Sumer (in southern Mesopotamia) between 3500 and 3000 b.c.e. 2. Norte Chico (central coastal Peru)‚ emerged between 3000 and 1800 b.c.e. 3. Indus Valley
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THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHY American students are often criticized for their lack of knowledge of geography‚ but it is essential in the study of world history. Although you will not have to specifically identify places on the AP Exam‚ you cannot follow change over time nor make accurate comparisons unless you know something about both physical and political geography. Our concepts of geography have been shaped by western historians of the past‚ and in recent years some scholars have questioned
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Writing is basically a method used to record information and it is composed by glyphs (1) and through the graphics‚ it represents the spoken language and over time evolves in different civilization. In an effort to understand where and when writing was invented‚ scholars have coined two terms to simplify their quest. The first is Proto- writings; this is a system that uses ideographic or early mnemonic symbols and True-writing; which is the context of linguistic utterance that is encoded so that
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of this school year‚ we have learned and examined multiple civilizations. For this project‚ we had to create our own ultimate civilization-gathering achievements from other civilizations and piecing them together to from the perfect Utopia. Like with Mesopotamia‚ Ancient Egypt‚ Ancient China‚ Ancient Greece and just about every early civilization-location played a vital role in the upbringing and culture of the peoples. My civilization resides in where the Sumerians lived; Mesopotamia‚ between
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the fall of three major classical civilizations - Rome in the Mediterranean region‚ Han China‚ and the 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
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not until the Mauryan Empire in the third century b.c.e. when most of India was brought together under one ruling dynasty. Before the Mauryans there was the ancient era known as the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization‚ and then the invasion and settlement of the Aryans along the Ganges River plain. The Ganges and Indus Rivers are known as the mother and father of India. Other rivers traverse the land‚ which has a lot of desert regions‚ the mighty Himalayan Mountains‚ and the torrid and humid south
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Chapter One Notes Before Civilization (Circa Lorraine) Culture: constituted by learned patterns of action and expression FOOD GATHERING AND STONE TECHNOLOGY Stone tool-making first appeared around 2 million years ago Stone Age Lasted from 2 million to about 4‚000 years ago Misleading label: bone‚ skin and wood just survive poorly Paleolithic = Old Stone Age Neolithic = New Stone Age Foundations of science‚ art‚ and religion begin here May have believed in afterlife In game-rich areas
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I. History Review through 600 CE A. Nomads: Follow the Food 1. Satisfy basic needs: shelter and food a. No cities‚ didn’t know how to farm 2. Foraging societies (hunter-gatherer clans): hunt and gather b. Small group of people traveled from point to point based on the climate availability of plants and animals in an area c. Limitations: i. Capacity of their surroundings ii. Inability to store food long-term
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have a balanced and considered review of at least four the civilizations learned in unit 1: a) The earliest civilizations hardly benefited anyone other than the small‚ largely urban and male elites. Cities developed into bid industry of manufacturing and gave opportunity on specialized jobs such as government officials. b) Some segments of the population became worse off as a result of the development of complex society (civilization). disease spread Women lost many of their rights except
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