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Hst 103 ancient Meso

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

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Agricultural revolution c.8000-6000 BCE
BCE (Before Common Era)
CE (Common Era)
What is human kinds first- great revolution Agricultural revolution
Humans existed through hunting and gathering untill ? 8000 BC
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
Define Domestication Agricultural revolution beginning to masticate plants/animals changes human life forever
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
alluvium A further layer of soil left when flood rivers recede alluvium is the best for growing crops
Wayfarer did agricultural revolutions usually take place in one? Along a river because of running water and because of alluvial
Urban revolution c.3500bce
Advantage is of urban civilization Permanent community karma developed culture, specialization of occupation, more protection can build walls
with the onset of a permanent community created a need for what Writing systems writing and recordings
Named the four types of writing systems Pictograms, ideographs, phonic symbols, alphabet
Define pictographs Pitchers for example a stick figure
Define ideographs Pitchers/symbols that represent ideas/concepts example of a stick figure walking
phonetic symbols Build big step in writing! Connect writing was speaking each sound gets a new symbol
Alphabet Group of phonetic symbols but is a smaller number advantage is can combine them into infinite combinations to make sounds
What are the locations of agricultural and urban revolution is known as? Cradles of civilizations
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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