THE WEST Encounters & Transformations Third Edition Chapter 1 The Beginnings of Civilization, 10,000 1150 B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
The Beginnings of Civilization, 10,000-1150 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
Defining Civilization, Defining Western Civilization A. The Food-Producing Revolution 1) Paleolithic Age, 200,000-100,000 years ago a) Homo sapiens b) Cave art 2) Hunter-gatherers a) Domestication The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
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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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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
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests A. Sumerian Kingdoms 1) 13-35 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
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests B. Akkadian Empire of Sargon the Great 1) Sargon, 2340-2305 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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Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests C. Ur III Dynasty and Rise of Assyria 1) Ur-Nammu, 2112-2095 B.C.E. a) Administrative bureaucracy The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
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Mesopotamia: Kingdoms, Empires, and Conquests D. Assyria and Babylonia 1) Assyria a) Ashur b) Trading network 2) Babylon a) Hammurabi, 1792-1750 B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
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
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
Egypt The Empire of the Nile A. Egypt s Rise to Empire 1) The Old Kingdom a) Unification, 3500-3000 B.C.E. 2) Kings 3) Pyramids a) Hieroglyphics The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
Egypt The Empire of the Nile B. The Middle Kingdom, 2040-1720 B.C.E. 1) Mentuhotep II, r. 2060-2010 B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
Egypt The Empire of the Nile C. Encounters with Other Civilizations 1) Nubia (Sudan) a) Gold and ivory 2) Canaan 3) Hyksos dynasty, 1650-1540 B.C.E. The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
Egypt The Empire of the Nile D. The New Kingdom: The Egyptian Empire in the Bronze Age 1) King Ahmose I, r. 1550-1525 B.C.E. a) Pharaoh 2) Thutmose I, r. 1504-1492 B.C.E. 3) Thutmose II, r. 1491-1479 B.C.E. a) God s Wife of Amun b) Hatshepsut The West: Encounters and Transformations, Third Edition
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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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