THE WEST Encounters & Transformations

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1 THE WEST Encounters & Transformations Third Edition Chapter 1 The Beginnings of Civilization, 10, B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

2 The Beginnings of Civilization, 10, B.C.E. I. Defining Civilization, Defining Western Civilization II. Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests III. Egypt: The Empire of the Nile The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

3 Defining Civilization, Defining Western Civilization A. The Food-Producing Revolution 1) Paleolithic Age, 200, ,000 years ago a) Homo sapiens b) Cave art 2) Hunter-gatherers a) Domestication The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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6 Defining Civilization, Defining Western Civilization B. First food-producing Communities 1) Levantine Corridor (Fertile Crescent) a) Abu Hureya 2) Zagros Mountains 3) Anatolia a) Çatal Hüyük - Obsidian trade The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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8 Defining Civilization, Defining Western Civilization C. Transformations in Europe 1) Agricultural communities 6000 B.C.E. 2) Farming communities 2500 B.C.E. 3) Technological shifts a) Metallurgy and Plow - Megaliths The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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12 Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests A. Sumerian Kingdoms 1) major cities by 2500 B.C.E. a) Uruk - 50,000 people/redistributive economies 2) Religion and political life intertwined 3) End of Sumerian city-states 2340 B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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15 Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests B. Akkadian Empire of Sargon the Great 1) Sargon, B.C.E. a) Standing army - Composite bow b) Anarchy 2250 B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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17 Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests C. Ur III Dynasty and Rise of Assyria 1) Ur-Nammu, B.C.E. a) Administrative bureaucracy The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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19 Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests D. Assyria and Babylonia 1) Assyria a) Ashur b) Trading network 2) Babylon a) Hammurabi, B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

20 Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests E. Cultural Continuities: Transmission of Mesopotamian Cultures 1) Mesopotamian World View a) Religion - Polytheistic/Ziggurat 2) Science - Divination/Deduction 3) Development of Writing - Cuneiform - Epic of Gilgamesh - Law Code of Hammurabi The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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23 Egypt The Empire of the Nile A. Egypt s Rise to Empire 1) The Old Kingdom a) Unification, B.C.E. 2) Kings 3) Pyramids a) Hieroglyphics The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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26 Egypt The Empire of the Nile B. The Middle Kingdom, B.C.E. 1) Mentuhotep II, r B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

27 Egypt The Empire of the Nile C. Encounters with Other Civilizations 1) Nubia (Sudan) a) Gold and ivory 2) Canaan 3) Hyksos dynasty, B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

28 Egypt The Empire of the Nile D. The New Kingdom: The Egyptian Empire in the Bronze Age 1) King Ahmose I, r B.C.E. a) Pharaoh 2) Thutmose I, r B.C.E. 3) Thutmose II, r B.C.E. a) God s Wife of Amun b) Hatshepsut The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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31 Egypt The Empire of the Nile D. The New Kingdom: The Egyptian Empire in the Bronze Age 4) Amarna Period a) Monotheism 5) 1150 B.C.E. collapse The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition

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