ARCH 100 Lecture 6: Week 6 - ARCH 100
27 Mar 2020
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Origin of state societies: primary states, arid/semi arid valleys: nile; tigris/ euphrates; indus/ganges; yangtze river/huang ho (yellow. River); also in mesoamerica and peru: old world: nile; tigris/euphrates; indus/ganges; yangtze river/huang ho (yellow river), new world: mesoamerica and peru. Common elements: arid to semi-arid river environments in river valleys or near sources of fresh water, agriculture was intensified through irrigation which supported dense populations, located in strategic locations for participation in exchange and trade networks. Mesopotamia: [land] between the [two] rivers , alluvial plain between the tigris and euphrates, the two biggest rivers in iran and iraq, sumer and akkad, later assyria and babylonia, between zagros mountains (200 mm isohyet) and the syrian desert. Alluvium: lands adjacent to floodplain were arid, irrigation transformed region, flax and rushes, lack of stone, metals, timber. Trade: copper from iran, anatolia and arabia, precious stones from anatolia, timber from zagros mountains, cedar from lebanon, rivers as trade routes.
