5049260667 | Location: River valley, depended on river to irrigate, tigris and euphrates, rose unpredictably Open environment (Mesopotamia) | Often ruined crops bc it rose too early or late Vulnerable to invasion trade spread of culturelanguage and religion | 0 | |
5049260668 | Roles of citues: warfare b/w sumerian cities rural area ppl flee to cities Conflicts & environment devastaion vulnerable to outside forces (meso) | Violent conflict Stronger N. me so people's conquered Summer's warring cities | 1 | |
5049260669 | Role of social inequities: highly militarized need for protection Prisoners or war, criminals, debtors, specialized work (Meso) | Gave men the superior, others to grow food turned into slaves | 2 | |
5049260670 | Development of legal codes: Code of hammurabi (Meso) | Punishments w social status State w authority for coercion & control | 3 | |
5049260671 | Emergence of patriarchy: Men had superior "protector" role (Meso) | Women "needed" protection of men | 4 | |
5049260672 | Emergence of writing: precarious unpredictable and often violent environment Accountable system( Meso) | Literature viewed human life as uncertain Literature- Epic of Giglamesh Codes - Hammurabi | 5 | |
5049492517 | Location: river valley depended on river to irrigate Nile rose predictably every year to bring soil & water Surrounded by natural obstacles, deserts, mountains seas (Egypt) | Rich Egyptian agriculture "Free security" from outside attack | 6 | |
5049492518 | Roles of cities: maintained unity & independence communication exchange unity stability GIZA GREATER SECURITY (Egypt)! | Political longevity and continuity Less need to gather in twins and cities for protection | 7 | |
5049492519 | Roles of social inequalities: less need for military protection Slavery Egypt | Slave offspring = free Not associated w blacks | 8 | |
5049492520 | Development of legal codes: the righteous rule, the evil doers & wicked are to be destroyed Hatsheput Lots of freedoms Egypt | Not as orderly when it came to laws Women = legal. Equals | 9 | |
5049492521 | Emergence of patriarchy: women's LEGAL EQUALS to men Patriarchal (Egypt) | Greater opportunity women than other civilizations | 10 | |
5049492522 | Emergence of writing: stab,e predictable beneficent environment EGYPT | Elite literature had a cheerful and hopeful outlook on the world Hieroglyphics and tombs | 11 | |
5049548322 | Olmec | Gulf of Mexico | 12 | |
5049548323 | Norte Chico | Amazon river Pacific Ocean Andes mountains | 13 | |
5049548324 | Mesopotamia | Tigris & Euphrates river | 14 | |
5049548325 | Nile valley | Nile Mediterranean Sea (lower Egypt) | 15 | |
5049548326 | Oxus | Amu Darya river murgab river caspian sea | 16 | |
5049548327 | Indus Valley | Indus River Arabian Sea | 17 | |
5049548328 | Chinese Shang dynasty | Yellow River Yellow Sea | 18 | |
5052334778 | in what ways was social inequality expresses in early civilizations | wealth avoidance of labor clothing houses manner of burial class specific treatment & legal codes | 19 | |
5052334779 | in what ways have historians tried to explain the origins of patriarchy | animal plows & intensive large herd pastoralist population growth=pregnant women=child rearing men out of household=positions in society, economy, govt, religion men shape political n social life | 20 | |
5052334780 | how do historians use the word civilization and how is it different than popular usage | historians use civilization as distinctive society or early economical development most people use civilization to describe refined behavior or a higher form of society | 21 |
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