Fertile Crescent

earth’s population began to move from the small farming villages characteristic of the Neolithic period towards forming full-fledged civilizations (Duiker, 9). These initial civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, and early China developed in fertile river valleys with abundant arable land. Over the next 3000 years, both the area surrounding the Mediterranean and Chinese society continued to grow, evolve, and increase in both size and sophistication. As the earliest Mediterranean…

technology and advancement. At the start of the Neolithic revolution the only available drink was water, typically contaminated with many waterborne diseases. Around 9,000 BCE beer was first discovered by the spread of wild grains throughout the Fertile Crescent. Once beer was discovered some anthropologists suggest the drink had become so widely important in both social and religious aspects that agriculture started in order to ensure the availability of the grains needed to produce beer, thus…

contributed greatly to our art advancements and made it possible for us to better advance over the years with the use of their techniques and style. Mesopotamia is considered to be one of the first human civilizations. It is located in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (modern Iraq). Mesopotamian…

QUESTIONS: A. Prologue: What is Yali’s question? Restate the question in Professor Diamond’s words or your own words. Yali’s question is “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?” (Diamond, 14.) In other words, why is history the way it is now? What had caused such differences and hierarchy? B. Chapter 3: How does Pizarro’s capture of Atahuallpa explain why Europeans colonized the New World instead of…

Sumer was the homeland of the Sumerians, the first group of people to build a civilization. Sumer lies in the southern part of Mesopotamia, which was near the Persian Gulf. Sumer was not the typical type where there are several cities under control of one person. A funny thing about this first civilization is that many of the cities fought one another. Basically, Sumer consisted of many cities with different rules that happened to live in a similar way with a similar culture. A civilization is…

To begin, we must first understand the countries we are comparing. The Indus river valley civilization-This great civilization began at about 2500 B.C , It was made up of many great settlements,(resembling city states) that lied along ( or away from) the Indus river valley. The largest of these great settlements was Mohenjo- Daro; which is located in present day Pakistan. Geography- The physical features of the land in, as well as surrounding the Indus river valley civilization were probably…

Due to Mesopotamia being the land between the Tigris and Euphrates River, it is clear to see why their gods are associated with the forces of nature. The two rivers created a fertile crescent that conquered the western end of Asia. The location is rich in soil and supported agricultural development to support the first cities. The first Mesopotamian civilization is Sumer. Sumer was filled with city-states that were self-ruled. This…

The book of Genesis is the origin, or the beginning in meaning. the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its genre can be explained as antiquarian history(1), and within the book it tells the first appearance of humans, stories of ancestors, heroes, origins of culture, and cities. The book of Genesis author, Moses, authorized, compiled, and edited the book. It is believed that he was provided with the skills to write the book from his Egyptian education and by being…

No one will ever be absolutely sure what the first civilization on Earth was. As far as the human race knows, the first civilization was Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was brought to civilization by the Sumerian race around 5000 B.C. Mesopotamians tended to live off the land and their animals, which they had domesticated from the wild. It is the cradle of civilization because of it’s developed writing style, also known as cuneiform. Mesopotamia was known for its knowledgeable people, such as Thales of…

According to Kleiner’s analysis of African art before the 1800s, caves such as the Apollo 11 come from Africa and are assumed to be some of the oldest paintings currently discovered, showing the diversity of the continent itself. The works are difficult to date and decipher meaning, although some of the best work comes from the Benin Kingdom. Assumed to be established in the 13th century, most of its power rose along the 16th century. The kingship was considered sacred and presented artworks…