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The Earth and Its People 3rd edition Chapter 1 Notes (Part 1)

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For each section of Chapter 1, write 3-5 words that connect with each respective section. For each word, provide ample evidence from the section in support of the word. (Explanation must demonstrate an understanding of the section?s content) Chapter Introduction First Five thousand years ago, the Sumerians established to become the very first urban civilization. This civilization had its own characteristics as shown in the well-known heroic epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh; Enkidu, the wild beast of the words representing the earlier civilizations before the Sumerians, represented by the temple prostitute who displayed more of a comparison to Enkidu is Sumer?s divine traits, such as dependence of grain and live stock. Civilization

ch 2 vocab for the earth and its people

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Chapter 2 Vocab. Words Audree Co?Wed Dec 21 16:38:08 CST 2011 Civilization An ambiguous term often used to denote more complex societies but sometimes used by anthropologist to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits Babylon The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the 18th?century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the 6th?century B.C.E Sumerians The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture- such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions ? taken over by the Semitic successors Semitic

the earth and its peoples ch1 vocab

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Chapter 1 Vocab. Words Joseph Alexander?Sun May 12 01:14:58 CDT 2013 Natural Selection The biological process by which variations that enhance a population's ability to survive in a particular environment become dominant in a species over a very long periods and lead the the evolution of a new species? Evolution The biological theory that, over time, changes occurring in plants and animals, mainly as a result of natural selection and genetic mutation, result in new species. Australopithecine The several extinct species of human like primates that existed during the Pleistocene Era (Genus Australopithecus). Hominid The biological family that includes humans and human like primates. Bipedalism The ability to walk upright on two legs, characteristic of hominids Great Ice Age

Non Western Art Summary

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Non Western Art Ancient Near Eastern Art SABHAP: (Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, Persian) Ziggurats Invention if writing: ziggurats Often used hierarchy of scale Primary Focus Sumerian: worship Gods & power Akkadian: deification of the king Babylonian: focus on law and rules, protection Hittite: - (impressive buildings), no primary focus indicated Assyrian: influence rule of king Persian: glorify country & ruler Major works: Sumerian: Standard of Ur, Soundbox of a Lyre, Gudea Akkadian: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Babylonian: Stele of Hammurabi Hittite: Lion Gate Assyrian: Lamassu, Lion Hunt Persian: Palace at Persepolis Egyptian Art Separated into three periods: Old Kingdom (2575-2134) Middle Kingdom (2040-1640) New Kingdom (1550-1070)

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CHARLES LIAM PILLUS REVIEW CHART A/1 ANCIENT STUFF: ~(8000 BCE-600 CE) AP WORLD HISTORY MS.VENUTI EUROPE,S.E. ASIA, CENTRAL ASIA, XX BACKGROUND INFORMATION Nomads did not build cities, have tools + would follow food **spoken language, control/use fire, simple tools out of stone Foraging societies lived in small groups traveled a lot + limited by their surroundings Pastoral societies domestication of animals in mountainous regions w insufficient rainfall small scale agriculture --> supplemented animals women had few rights few personal possessions always on the move, animals needed to graze cultivation of plants (8000 BCE - 3000 BCE) AKA Neolithic (?New Stone?) Revolution or Agriculture Revolution small independent groups civilizations were not around till around 3000 BCE

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