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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with each token representing a unit of goods. Tokens were fairly easy to make and the resources required were abundant in Mesopotamia. Such resources include water from the two river canals that run through central Mesopotamia‚ the Euphrates and Tigris‚ combined with mud that resulted in moist material known as clay. Clay is known to be easily modeled when moist and if left in the sun to dry‚ it tends to become a relatively permanent‚ hard‚ and solid material (Grigorenko et al‚ 3-4). These tokens
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Book of Habakkuk The prophet Habakkuk introduced in his Book is not considered a prominent figure‚ as he is considered to be one of the twelve Minor Prophets. There is no indication of his lineage and is just referred to as Habakkuk the prophet in the Biblical text‚ but due the liturgical nature of the verses in the book‚ some scholars have described Habakkuk as a cultic prophet. The apocryphal and post-biblical literatures do not reach a consensus to who he was. Some say that he came from the tribe
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A.P. World History Guided Reading 1 "The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations” TERMS: Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship)
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Ibn Battuta Ibn Battuta was a Muslim Moroccan explorer‚ known for his extensive travels. Over a period of thirty years‚ he visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands; his journeys included trips to North Africa‚ the Horn of Africa‚ West Africa‚ Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West‚ and to the Middle East‚ South Asia‚ Central Asia‚ Southeast Asia and China in the East. He is considered one of the greatest travellers of all time. He journeyed more than 75
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Multiple Choice: (C) - Mesopotamia comes from the Greek word “mesos” - meaning middle‚ and the Greek work “potamos” - meaning river. As such‚ Mesopotamia means “between rivers”‚ which is apt‚ considering it was build between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia had an arid climate that could facilitate the irrigation of crops. (B) - The first man to be considered an emperor was Sargon of Akkad‚ also known as Sargon the Great. His reign in Mesopotamia lasted from 2334 to 2779 BCE. He ruled
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and disputes between their Country and the United States of America. Before I explore the people that make up Iraq‚ I want to discuss the land itself. Iraq is located in the Middle East on the continent of Asia. Located between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers‚ this area is commonly referred to as the “Fertile Crescent”. However‚ with an annual rainfall of less than 10 inches‚ farming relies almost entirely on irrigation. Suitable farming land is only available on 13.12% of Iraq’s terrain (Iraqi
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Additional Research: Ganges River Omo Tribe Ganges River In Hindu culture‚ there are many famous rivers that we hold dear because of their spiritual significance. Ganga is one of them. Let’s take a closer look at where this great river starts from. It all begins at the Gangotri Glacier‚ a huge area of ice (five by fifteen miles)‚ at the foothills of the Himalayas (13‚000 ft) in northern Uttar Pradesh. This glacier is the source of the river Bhagirathi‚ which joins with the river Alaknanda to
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Genocide. The killing of hundreds of people. The extermination of a nation. Such a thing may sound too horrible to be true‚ but it happens right under our very noses. And what is even worse‚ is when such tragic events are not recognized as what they are‚ or simply forgotten. Such is the case of the Armenian Genocide‚ also referred to as the Forgotten Genocide‚ the Hidden Holocaust‚ the Secret Genocide‚ or the Unremembered Genocide (Balakian xvii). The Jewish Holocaust is well known
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started when Africa was shanghaied into the history of the West in the late nineteenth century. What were we coming into? ----- a long line of continuity going back some 9‚000 years since the civilizations of the great river valleys of the Nile‚ the Tigris and Euphrates‚ the Indus‚ and the Hwang-ho had launched man on a long intellectual quest. We had been discovered by an aggressive Western Culture which was never going to let us be. Nor could we cease following the neon light ---- or has it been a
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