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MESOPOTAMIA
Stephanie Ate Ugly Lizards (Settled Agriculture in an Unstable Landscape) |
1. plains between Tigris and Euphrates R.; little rain, floods, unpredictable river course
2. good soil, warm climate; 4000 BCE= plows, irrigation 3. crops/resources= barley, palms, veggies, reeds, fish, land for grazing; animals= cattle, donkeys, (2nd mil. BCE) camels/horses 4. earliest people= Sumerians (5000 BCE); next Akkadin (2000 BCE)= semetic speaking, dominated/intermarried Sumerians |
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MESOPOTAMIA
Cute Killer Tofu (Cities, Kings, and Trade) |
1. early society= agriculture; cities linked w/ mutual dependence
eg. villages -> food -> cities -> feed elite/gods -> protection, market, special goods -> village 2. city-state= city+farmland; fought for land/water or shared resources; also traded 3. used human resources= new farmlands, maintained irrigation 4. 2 centers of power= temple, king palace 5. 3rd mil. BCE= secular leadership 6. powerful city-states took over other CS (3rd dyanasty of Ur, 2112-2004 BCE) 7. "Old Babylonian" state= Amorite-founded (Hammurabi) 8. trade= important for survival (bartering) |
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MESOPOTAMIA
Mucho Spanisho (Mesopotamian Society) |
1. divided society= kings/priests controlled wealth; 3 classes= landowners, farmers/artists, slaves (mostly POW)
2. development of farming= status of women decline; women= own property, control dowry, trade (no politics); urban middle class= men are better (2nd mil. BCE) |
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MESOPOTAMIA
Great Priscila Talks (Gods, Priests, and Temples) |
1. religion= amalgram of Sumerian/Semetic beliefs/gods; each city had 'god'
2. priests= "servants of the gods"; temples= walled bunch of religious buildings, most seen is ziggurat 3. amulets and magic= popular belief |
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MESOPOTAMIA
Terrific Sandwich (Technology and Science) |
1. technology= specialized knowledge used to transform nature and human society; irrigation systems, religion
2. writing= cuneiform; evolved from symbols representing parts/words; needed scribes to write 3. cuneiform= first for Sumerian, later for Akkadian+ non-/Semetic; used for economics, politics, legal, literary, religion, science 4. other tech.= transportation (boats, barges, use of donkey), weapons, metallurgy, brickmaking, engineering, pottery (potter's wheel) 5. mility tech.= full-time soldiers, horses, chariots, bow+arrow, siege machinery - 60-second minute, adv. math+astronomy |
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EGYPT
Lol, Extremely Geeky Nerd (The Land of Egypt: "Gift of the Nile") |
1. desert, narrow strip of land on both sides, Nile R. area; "Red Land"= desert, "Black Land"= cities
2. divided in 2= lower Egypt (south Nile to 1st catarct), upper Egypt (north delta); climate= good, little to no rainfall (depended on river irrgation) 3. Nile= floods regularly, leaves silt for farming 4. natural resources= reeds (papyrus), wild animals, birds+fish, building stone/clay, copper+turquoise from desert, gold from Nubia |
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MESOPOTAMIA
Great Priscila Talks (Gods, Priests, and Temples) |
1. religion= amalgram of Sumerian/Semetic beliefs/gods; each city had 'god'
2. priests= "servants of the gods"; temples= walled bunch of religious buildings, most seen is ziggurat 3. amulets and magic= popular belief |
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MESOPOTAMIA
Terrific Sandwich (Technology and Science) |
1. technology= specialized knowledge used to transform nature and human society; irrigation systems, religion
2. writing= cuneiform; evolved from symbols representing parts/words; needed scribes to write 3. cuneiform= first for Sumerian, later for Akkadian+ non-/Semetic; used for economics, politics, legal, literary, religion, science 4. other tech.= transportation (boats, barges, use of donkey), weapons, metallurgy, brickmaking, engineering, pottery (potter's wheel) 5. mility tech.= full-time soldiers, horses, chariots, bow+arrow, siege machinery - 60-second minute, adv. math+astronomy |
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EGYPT
Lol, Extremely Geeky Nerd (The Land of Egypt: "Gift of the Nile") |
1. desert, narrow strip of land on both sides, Nile R. area; "Red Land"= desert, "Black Land"= cities
2. divided in 2= lower Egypt (south Nile to 1st catarct), upper Egypt (north delta); climate= good, little to no rainfall (depended on river irrgation) 3. Nile= floods regularly, leaves silt for farming 4. natural resources= reeds (papyrus), wild animals, birds+fish, building stone/clay, copper+turquoise from desert, gold from Nubia |
