ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Alluvium, Before Present, Common Era
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Note on terminology: bp: before present, bc: before christ, bce: before common era. Sw asia is the oldest o the archaic states. In the americas, we have a mesoamerica in mexico (first maize occurs here: we have state level societies forming in places where we first saw agriculture. Mesopotamia: middle rivers (between two rivers, these are flooding areas (flood plains), so it is very fertile and creating a rich growing environment, outside of the area you have a desert. Not only by building canals, but they are using draft animals (i. e. , ox) They are able to cultivate a larger area. Ubaid: irrigation of alluvium, intensive agriculture, expansion in trade, platform mounts the time of ubaid, heavy damage during us invasion in 2003, tell-site: tale, it is an artificial tale. 4,000-3,200 bc: mesopotamium alluvium hierarchy, urban center. It is a city-state because it is a city based society.
