The Earth and its People CH 1 Summary
Subject:
World History [1]
Tags:
Asia [2]
Bronze Age [3]
ancient india [4]
Civilizations [5]
Fertile Crescent [6]
Harappa [7]
Mesopotamia [8]
Mohenjo-daro [9]
Pottery [10]
Irrigation [11]
Technology [12]
Business [13]
Chapter ?1: ?From ?the ?Origins ?of ?Agriculture ?to ?the ?First ?River-??Valley ?Civilizations, ?8000-??1500 ?B.C.E. Chapter ?Summary Mesopotamia ? The ?Mesopotamian ?culture ?started ?with ?the ?Sumerian ?people ? Organized ?into ?city-??states ? Controlled ?the ?surrounding ?Agricultural ?land ? Priest ?originally ?ruled ?these ?lands ?but ?the ?power ?shifted ?over ?to ?a ?king ?that ?ruled ?over ?everything ? Social ?divisions ?based ?off ?of ?Hammurabi?s ?Code ? Public ?strived ?to ?appease ?their ?God?s ? They ?generally ?had ?God?s ?of ?the ?environment ?because ?of ?unpredictable ??loods ?and ?such ? Various ?technologies ?to ?respond ?to ?the ?agricultural ?changes ? EX: ?Cuneiform, ?Irrigation, ?stone ?age ?tools Egypt ? Surrounded ?by ?desert