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what is Mesopotamia ? |
this means area between the tigris and euphrates rivers |
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what were the three environmental problems? |
1.unreliable flooding;periods of little to no rain 2. no natural barriers for protection from raiders 3.limit natural resources for building and other necessary items |
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what were the solution for those three problems? |
For the flooding-irrigation for protection they used walls to keep invaders away problem three -trading |
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what are Ziggurat ? |
a place of worship,a city hall,and a center of trade |
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what are some of the specialization? |
-advances in agriculture allowed for a smaller number of farmers to provide food for a larger number of people -no longer did every family have to grow their own food -exchange their goods and/or services for food |
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what are the 9 steps to the road to specialization? |
1. Hunter-gathers:most people in the tribe involved in food 2. during the transition to farming , food production is higher ,but most are still involved in agriculture 3. advances in technology allow for more food to be produced by a smaller percentage of the population 4. surplus of grain accumulate granaries. 5. farmers realize they can exchange extra grain for goods and service from others 6. people who are more skilled in other areas (pottery,metal working,etc) 7. market places emerge where people go to exchange goods and service 8. while grain was likely initially used as a currency to trade 9. money-in the form of coins- would eventually be accepted as a common currency. |
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-Institution are mechanical of social order-manifest function -a function (relating to an institution) that is planned and intentional -latent function - a function of an institution that is unintentional and often unrecognized |
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how do we keep records? |
-now we keep records through electronics, back then they used writing. -someone has to keep track of everything |
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what are scribes ? |
professional record keepers |
