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major crops around the world
near east- wheat, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs east asia- rice, millet, pigs america- corn, cassava africa- yams TERM 2
what effects does agriculture have on human
life?
DEFINITION 2 permanent settlement, trade, population growth, more material goods TERM 3
what characterizes a civilization?
DEFINITION 3 a hierarchal government ability to keep records (writing) laws wealth that produces monuments specialization cities agricultural surplus TERM 4
what makes mesopotamia, egypt, and the
indus valley a civilization?
DEFINITION 4 mesopotamia- ziggurates (monuments), writing, and cities (Ur) egypt- pyramids (monuments), hieroglyphics (writing), and cities (Thebes) indus valley- citadels (monuments), writing, cities (Harappa, Mohenjo Daro) TERM 5
epic of gilgamesh
DEFINITION 5 mesopotamian story about a hero's search for immortality
osiris
god that ruled the afterlife TERM 7
horus
DEFINITION 7 son of osiris, rules the living, in the person of the pharaoh TERM 8
how does mesopotamia and egypt influence
later people?
DEFINITION 8
- Serve as a model of civilization: e.g., Mesopotamian influence on Hebrews (Gilgamesh and Noah), and Hittites; Egypts influence on Nubia 2. Develop techniques: e.g. Mesopotamian observation of planets, advances in math; Egypts solar calendar, writing, which influenced later Semitic alphabets. TERM 9
phoenicians
DEFINITION 9 sea-going traders known for their purple dye, and for developing the alphabet TERM 10
assyrians
DEFINITION 10 known for their violence, and the use of iron and siege weapons
dharma
the responsibility of each person to know his duties, to his family, to his caste, and to his society, and then do them. TERM 17
jain
DEFINITION 17 in this eternal universe, souls acquire a coating of karma which must be scrubbed off nby discipline. they dont kill other living souls, they disapprove of sex, lying, and attachment to possessions. there are no gods. TERM 18
confucius
DEFINITION 18 sought to define the role of government in creating moral people. people should be aware of their own responsibilities relative to the varying status of those around them. Good government creates stability. TERM 19
dao
DEFINITION 19 follow the way, in harmony with the contrasting forces of male and female, activity and inactivity. basically: everything is what it is. TERM 20
legalism
DEFINITION 20 won't speculate about eithics, accepts that people are unethical and are to be controlled by a mixture of fear and appeals to their greed. its a government's job to create the laws that will maintain order, and then enforce these laws.
persian
war
athens and sparta together manage to defeat the greatest empire in the world, thus proving the superiority of the free greeks over barbarians. TERM 22
peloponnesian
war
DEFINITION 22 athens and sparta go to war with each other, ending a time of athenian creativity, and sending all of greece into a series of wars, during which mercenaries rank as a greek export right up there with olive oil.
