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Fall 07.HST 103 world civilization lecture 1 test 1 Mesopotamia & Egypt

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Agricultural revolution   c.8000-6000 BCE  
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BCE   (Before Common Era)  
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CE   (Common Era)  
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What is human kinds first- great revolution   Agricultural revolution  
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Humans existed through hunting and gathering untill ?   8000 BC  
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Defying hunting and gathering   Pneumatic following herds while to 300-50 people move seasonally a few personal possessions only a few groups left Asia/Africa  
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Define Domestication   Agricultural revolution beginning to masticate plants/animals changes human life forever  
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How did domestication change human life for ever i.e. how people live   No longer have to wanderer sedentary communities 2. Sustain a larger population 3. Control food supply 4. Specialization of occupation  
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alluvium   A further layer of soil left when flood rivers recede alluvium is the best for growing crops  
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Wayfarer did agricultural revolutions usually take place in one?   Along a river because of running water and because of alluvial  
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Urban revolution   c.3500bce  
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Advantage is of urban civilization   Permanent community karma developed culture, specialization of occupation, more protection can build walls  
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with the onset of a permanent community created a need for what   Writing systems writing and recordings  
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Named the four types of writing systems   Pictograms, ideographs, phonic symbols, alphabet  
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Define pictographs   Pitchers for example a stick figure  
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Define ideographs   Pitchers/symbols that represent ideas/concepts example of a stick figure walking  
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phonetic symbols   Build big step in writing! Connect writing was speaking each sound gets a new symbol  
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Alphabet   Group of phonetic symbols but is a smaller number advantage is can combine them into infinite combinations to make sounds  
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What are the locations of agricultural and urban revolution is known as?   Cradles of civilizations  
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Were really cradles of civilization located/locations of agricultural and urban revolutions?   Mesopotamia modern-day Iraq, China along the yellow River, Egypt along the Nile River, India along Indus River  
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