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5049260667Location: 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 religion0
5049260668Roles 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 cities1
5049260669Role 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 slaves2
5049260670Development of legal codes: Code of hammurabi (Meso)Punishments w social status State w authority for coercion & control3
5049260671Emergence of patriarchy: Men had superior "protector" role (Meso)Women "needed" protection of men4
5049260672Emergence of writing: precarious unpredictable and often violent environment Accountable system( Meso)Literature viewed human life as uncertain Literature- Epic of Giglamesh Codes - Hammurabi5
5049492517Location: 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 attack6
5049492518Roles 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 protection7
5049492519Roles of social inequalities: less need for military protection Slavery EgyptSlave offspring = free Not associated w blacks8
5049492520Development of legal codes: the righteous rule, the evil doers & wicked are to be destroyed Hatsheput Lots of freedoms EgyptNot as orderly when it came to laws Women = legal. Equals9
5049492521Emergence of patriarchy: women's LEGAL EQUALS to men Patriarchal (Egypt)Greater opportunity women than other civilizations10
5049492522Emergence of writing: stab,e predictable beneficent environment EGYPTElite literature had a cheerful and hopeful outlook on the world Hieroglyphics and tombs11
5049548322OlmecGulf of Mexico12
5049548323Norte ChicoAmazon river Pacific Ocean Andes mountains13
5049548324MesopotamiaTigris & Euphrates river14
5049548325Nile valleyNile Mediterranean Sea (lower Egypt)15
5049548326OxusAmu Darya river murgab river caspian sea16
5049548327Indus ValleyIndus River Arabian Sea17
5049548328Chinese Shang dynastyYellow River Yellow Sea18
5052334778in what ways was social inequality expresses in early civilizationswealth avoidance of labor clothing houses manner of burial class specific treatment & legal codes19
5052334779in what ways have historians tried to explain the origins of patriarchyanimal 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 life20
5052334780how do historians use the word civilization and how is it different than popular usagehistorians use civilization as distinctive society or early economical development most people use civilization to describe refined behavior or a higher form of society21

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