periodicals‚ newspapers‚ manuscripts‚ films‚ maps‚ prints documents microform‚ CDs‚ cassettes‚ videotapes‚ etc. Back in 2600 B.C. the first library consisted of achieves of the earliest form of working the clay tablets in cuneiform scripts discovered in Sumer. A public library provides resources to the general public and usually makes at least some of its books available for borrowing. Typically‚ libraries issue library cords to community members wising to borrow books. Many public libraries also serve
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and subtract. To understanding how technology has transformed it today as spoken word we need to go all the way to the beginning. The foundation of poetry is called epic poetry. The oldest poetic work is the Epic of Gilgamesh written in cuneiform in Sumer. Poems were written on tablets. Epic poetry is recognizable with its context‚ these poems are written a lot like plays with huge amount of dialogue. Emotions play a big role in the words chosen in a poem. The words that are picked are full of beautiful
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Classical Literature October 8‚ 2013 In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Gilgamesh the main character is portrayed as the strongest and biggest in the land. He is the mighty king of Uruk and some events came into his life‚ causing him to change who he was. He encounters a man of the wilderness that is as big and strong as him‚ they eventually become great friends‚ but then the man of the wilderness‚ Enkidu‚ dies. The way Gilgamesh changes are from those impactful events that come into his
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Egypt‚ Sumer‚ China‚ and India? E) F) 5) Historians estimate that the existence of Homo sapiens sapiens goes back how many years? G) H) 6) What material began to be used as the Neolithic gave way to the dawn of civilization? A) B) 7) The first true city to arise in Mesopotamia‚ in the fourth millennium B.C.E.‚ was A) B) 8) Which of the following developments marked man’s evolution from prehistory to history? C) D) 9) Sumerian cuneiform was used for writing long after Sumer disappeared
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There is a basic start to religion. People wonder about why a certain object or person acts as it does‚ and then comes with an idea on why they do. Sometimes these ideas maybe supernatural in making and this took place around the fourth millennium according to Britannica for the Mesopotamians. The next stage was to view the supernatural beings as humans and giving them their own special powers and functions and this took place during the third millennium (Bottéro). The final transformation for the
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was probably a hunter or a shepherd who was accustomed to spending months each year in the high country. He pulled an arrow out of his skin‚ causing him to bleed out.[pic] What common characteristic was shared by primal civilizations in Egypt‚ Sumer‚ China‚ and India?[pic] They sprang up on rivers. [pic]What is the rich alluvial land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers known as?[pic] Mesopotamia [pic]Historians speculate that the shift from hunting and gathering to farming and herding
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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 civilization arose between 3000 and 2000 b.c.e. along with Nile Valley civilization 4. Around 2200
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Christianity is practiced more than any other religion around the world today. Religion has played a much larger role in shaping the world than anything else ever has. The theme of the book is how Eurasia evolved from the first civilization in Sumer‚ has maintained global dominance‚ and how they shaped it into what it is today. I chose this quote because it shocked me how Christian and European nations thought their way of religion was the best one so they had to force it on other cultures and
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Throughout history there have been many great Kings and Rulers who have influenced their own kingdoms as well as others. One such king was Hammurabi‚ first king of the Babylonian Empire. He introduced his own code of laws that have impacted on both ancient and modern societies. His other achievements which greatly influenced his time and today include business ownership‚ astronomy‚ mathematics and other sciences. Hammurabi was the first king of what he renamed Babylonia after the Amorites conquered
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responsible for their actions. Laws differed from place to place. Laws have developed and changed over time because at first the early civilizations used the Babylonian empire and then as the time went by early river valley civilizations such as; Sumer‚ Egypt‚ Indus valley and china started to develop their own laws and forms of government. For example the Sumerians built independent city-states governed by monarchs and united the city states into the first empires which came up with the Babylonian
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