Kyle Warlich Anthropology 114P Professor Lesure 10-12-16 Midterm 1 Response 1 The spread and development of agriculture in early societies has revolutionize how modern people live today. However, there is much debate on how agriculture began and what role it played in the development and change in hunter-gather societies. Flannery and Bellwood have proposed different models on the emergence of agriculture. The model developed by Flannery was created in part to show the relationship between
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The civilizations of ancient India and China are both rich in culture and history. The Chinese culture emphasized family structure and philosophy while undergoing various changes through its classical period. Culture in India was most influenced by religion. Although both civilizations shared patriarchal views and were agriculture based societies, the difference in moral perceptions is what created two distinctly diverse societies. India’s Caste system is a complex social system with its foundations
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1. The compass was a very important new technology that enabled the growth of interregional trade networks. The compass was also known as the “south pointing needle” and was invented by the Chinese. They were able to use it for marine navigation and land navigation, which was a huge aspect that enabled the growth of interregional trade. Another new technology was the dhow ships which were Arab sailing vessels. These dhows were small but extremely sturdy and were very maneuverable. An important new
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The Phoenicians (which now is Lebanon) influence the type of economy.The Phoenicians couldn’t farm because they where along the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean Sea was hard to farm because the Mediterranean Sea was very salting so the land was not fertile.The Phoenicians had to look another way to find a way to make money.The Phoenicians then realized that they had to trade. The Phoenicians were among the greatest traders of their time and owed much of their economy to trade. At first, they
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All of the three empires (Egypt, Sumer & Indus) are similar in their development and contributions. They had Domesticate animals and they also had center trade. The major similarities of these three civilization is their their development of written documents and records keeping. Each civilization recorded important events (such as taxes, wars, property lines and religious texts) is necessary to the success of a culture. In Sumer they developed a writing called cuneiform. Cuneiform is a writing
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The Conch shell symbolizes the boys losing their innocence on the island but, they also used the conch as a tool. Using the Conch as a tool starts to divide the boys and pushes them away from each other, causing a riveral for power that then leads to their fall of innocence. The shell reflects power, organization, and authority in the beginning. At the very end of the novel the shell symbolizes a loss of innocence in all the boys. After Ralph finds the shell Piggy, tries to explains that “It's
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savagery versus civilization. Throughout the story, the boy’s face many challenges. While stranded, the boys have to learn how to survive. During this, some boys rose to the occasion while others became ruthless. When learning how to hunt, some of the boys get so into it, it is all they can think about. The need to kill the pig is their main desire. While the other boys try to find a way off the island. Ralph, Simon, and Piggy want to escape the madness and return to civilization. In William Golding’s
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LOTF In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack and Ralph are very different. They have different views on how they think the group should be governed and disagree on what is more important. Ralph’s father was part of the army so he has experience with strong authority and having things in order. Jack, on the other hand, is very power-hungry and feels like he should lead everyone. Jack and Ralph are characterized differently in Lord of the Flies based on their ways of leadership, morals, and
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In our world today a whole lot of are inventions were inspired by the ancient river valley civilizations. Although they ancient civilizations did not inspire like the iphone or ipad. They inspired a lot of better things such as, the sailboat and even mail( OI ). This was around 3500 B.C.Two contributions from the mesopotamian civilization were the invention of cuneiform and hammurabi’s code. To begin, the ancient Sumerians invented cuneiform, which paved the way for written language in the future
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The Eurasian region had been home to the most of mankind as well as to the world’s most productive agriculture, largest civilizations, and highest attentiveness of rural people. The 3rd Wave civilization, 500 CE – 1500 CE, led all the people to work everywhere they go. They worked inside their houses, in their place of work and even on the roads. This brought together many diverse people from all around. With all these people out on the road and people trying to make money, they started to make trade
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