Fertile Crescent

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Pre-History Time before written records Artifacts ? Remains of a Manmade object Culture ? Way of life. Paleolithic (old stone) Age ? 2.5 million-10,000BC Oldest stone tools, evidence of the 1st people, used fire. Neandertals ? 100,000-30,000 BC Buried their dead with objects, suggest belief in an afterlife. Neolithic (new stone) Age ? 8,000-4,000 BC Systematic agriculture Probably by women, raised animals, grew crops This would facilitate the development of all civilization. Characteristics of Civilization 1. Cities ? Internal production, trade 2. Government ? Organized means of order 3. Religion ? Structured system of belief: nature, existence, right to rule. 4. Social Structure ? Division of labor-trade Class orders-upper, lower, slaves

Stearns Chapter 1 outline

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- AP World History - Stearns Chapter 1 ? From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations I. Introduction A. Human origin ? 2.5 million years ago 1. 1/4000 of earth?s existence ? 24 hour day ? last 5 minutes B. Human negatives and positives 1. Aggressiveness, long baby time, back problems, death fears 2. Grip, high/regular sex drive, omnivores, facial expressions, speech C. Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age ? 2.5 million to 12000 BCE 1. Simple tools ? increase in size, brain capacity ? Homo erectus II. Late Paleolithic Developments Homo sapiens sapiens ? 120,000 years ago ? killed off others? Population growth required change ? 1 square mile to hunt/gather for 2 people Long breast feeding ? limit fertility

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THE FERTILE CRESCENT I. Geography A. The Fertile Crescent begins at the Isthmus of Suez, extends northward along the eastern end of the Mediterranean and swings in a half circle south of the highlands of Asia Minor and Armenia. It then curves southeastward ending at the Persian Gulf. B. Because it is shaped like a new moon, it is called a Crescent. C. The Fertile Crescent, like Egypt, was surrounded by deserts and mountains. 1. The areas were not as barren as those around Egypt. 2. Tribes of herdsmen lived in these areas and from time to time invaded the Fertile Crescent. D. The Tigris-Euphrates River Valley was the site of the earliest civilizations. 1. The Valley had various names throughout history. a. The Greeks called the northern part Mesopotamia (?between rivers?)

The Earth and Its People 3rd edition Chapter 1 Notes (Part 1)

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For each section of Chapter 1, write 3-5 words that connect with each respective section. For each word, provide ample evidence from the section in support of the word. (Explanation must demonstrate an understanding of the section?s content) Chapter Introduction First Five thousand years ago, the Sumerians established to become the very first urban civilization. This civilization had its own characteristics as shown in the well-known heroic epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh; Enkidu, the wild beast of the words representing the earlier civilizations before the Sumerians, represented by the temple prostitute who displayed more of a comparison to Enkidu is Sumer?s divine traits, such as dependence of grain and live stock. Civilization

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Chapter 2 Vocab. Words Audree Co?Wed Dec 21 16:38:08 CST 2011 Civilization An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologist to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits Babylon The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the 18th?century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the 6th?century B.C.E Sumerians The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture- such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions ? taken over by the Semitic successors Semitic

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Chapter 1 Vocab. Words Joseph Alexander?Sun May 12 01:14:58 CDT 2013 Natural Selection The biological process by which variations that enhance a population's ability to survive in a particular environment become dominant in a species over a very long periods and lead the the evolution of a new species? Evolution The biological theory that, over time, changes occurring in plants and animals, mainly as a result of natural selection and genetic mutation, result in new species. Australopithecine The several extinct species of human like primates that existed during the Pleistocene Era (Genus Australopithecus). Hominid The biological family that includes humans and human like primates. Bipedalism The ability to walk upright on two legs, characteristic of hominids Great Ice Age

Non Western Art Summary

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Non Western Art Ancient Near Eastern Art SABHAP: (Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian) Ziggurats Invention if writing: ziggurats Often used hierarchy of scale Primary Focus Sumerian: worship Gods & power Akkadian: deification of the king Babylonian: focus on law and rules, protection Hittite: - (impressive buildings), no primary focus indicated Assyrian: influence rule of king Persian: glorify country & ruler Major works: Sumerian: Standard of Ur, Soundbox of a Lyre, Gudea Akkadian: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Babylonian: Stele of Hammurabi Hittite: Lion Gate Assyrian: Lamassu, Lion Hunt Persian: Palace at Persepolis Egyptian Art Separated into three periods: Old Kingdom (2575-2134) Middle Kingdom (2040-1640) New Kingdom (1550-1070)

Unit 6 Vocab

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Agribusiness The set of economic and political relationships that organize food production for commercial purposes. It includes activities ranging from seed production, to retailing, to consumption of agricultural products. Agriculture The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain. AIDS A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles Animal domestication Animals kept for some utilitarian purpose whose breeding is controlled by humans and whose survival is dependent on humans; differ genetically and behaviorally from wild animals. Biotechnology

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CHARLES LIAM PILLUS REVIEW CHART A/1 ANCIENT STUFF: ~(8000 BCE-600 CE) AP WORLD HISTORY MS.VENUTI EUROPE,S.E. ASIA, CENTRAL ASIA, XX BACKGROUND INFORMATION Nomads did not build cities, have tools + would follow food **spoken language, control/use fire, simple tools out of stone Foraging societies lived in small groups traveled a lot + limited by their surroundings Pastoral societies domestication of animals in mountainous regions w insufficient rainfall small scale agriculture --> supplemented animals women had few rights few personal possessions always on the move, animals needed to graze cultivation of plants (8000 BCE - 3000 BCE) AKA Neolithic (?New Stone?) Revolution or Agriculture Revolution small independent groups civilizations were not around till around 3000 BCE

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