Fertile Crescent

As a soccer player, I oftentimes have to go away to different towns to play other teams. I then have to adapt to this new environment and the severity of it. Some things I may have to adapt to are the fans for the other team, the other team themselves, and especially the field. This situation is similar to three of the ancient river valley civilizations, because they were also forced to adapt to their surroundings and environment. They had to create the civilizations nearby a water source, so…

successfully overthrew the Medes and started the very first Persian Empire. Through knowledge he gained from working for the Medes, Cyrus was able to persuade the Lydian and the Babylonian empires to join Persia. Within 11 years, Cyrus had all of the Fertile Crescent and and a significant amount of land from Asia Minor. Cyrus’s was able to do this in just 11 years due to his unique way of governing. This unique way was where he left the people he conquered to do what they originally did before…

Before Binford made his argument that archaeology was holding a backseat in anthropology, and needed to make a necessary transition towards a systematic view of culture, archaeology used a direct historical approach. By studying modern native cultures one could start at the top of each archaeological layer and work down (working the way back in time). Sir Edward B. Tylor represented cultural evolutionism in archaeology. He believed that there was a purpose in the development of society and…

Farming biggest step The industrial revolution of the 1800s made a huge impact on American agriculture, everything from the western expansion of the railroads to education in agriculture. The civil war marked a great turning point in America’s history, in the last decades of the country factories and steel mills appeared on the scene fueled by immigrant labor. The great transcontinental railroads linked the country like never before. Before the industrial revolution most of the people in the…

Differences Among Power by Religion In the years after the death of Christ, religion became the center of the civilizations in Northern and Western Africa. In the Northern parts of Africa religion became the center of power and sustained wealth in the regions. Eventually this power spread all through out the Northern parts of Africa taking over the land and bringing in a central government to follow, resembling the type of control the Romans and Islamic civilizations had over the region. On the…

ODUCTION The Paleolithic period originated at the beginning of human life and continued until 10,000 B.C.E. During this time, humans lived in groups of twenty to thirty people and obtained their food by hunting and gathering. This form of food obtainment forced humans to travel frequently, which subsequently prevented permanent settlement. The reason for the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and domestication of animals remains unknown. However, there are several theories that…

When an archaeologist speaks the name “Hallstatt,” multiple things should come to mind. First, the image of a vast archaeological site centered around a salt mine, located southeast of the Austrian city of Salzburg (Silberman 2012). Second, an enormous collection of over 2,000 grave sites filled with well preserved burial goods (Hallstatt 2016). Finally, the concept of an entire culture that, by 500 BC, had spread across most of Western Europe and southern Britain (Hallstatt 2005). Regarded as…

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shape the World The total amount of export and imports takes place across national borders in the world is amazing. According to International Monetary Fund, above $20 trillions of total goods and services will be exchanged each year in times to come. In 2008, United States alone have imported and exported over $4.5 trillion of goods and services. The US have traded virtually to every country in the world. It is true that Americans have imported chocolate from…

Ancient civilizations from thousands of years ago are what make up Chinas society today. We are influenced by many of them and still use many of their practices. Traditionally, the history of China is divided by periods of the reign of dynasties, which were normally named after their founder. The Shang, Zhou, and Qin Dynasties had a great impact in China’s society especially in customs, beliefs, practices, and religion. Some of those practices the world still use today. China is one of the…

War and conquest have been a part of human nature since humans first stepped foot on the Earth. As time passed and technology thrived, specific regions started to emerge as the obvious world powers and would eventually expand around the globe. Jared Diamond argues that Eurasians conquered the globe not because of their ingenuity or superior intelligence, but because of their geography and its influences, such as agriculture, cattle, technology, and disease resistance. One of the main aspects of…