HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abrahamic Religions, Sumer, Nubian Pyramids
22 Mar 2018
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History we study is primarily de ned by writing: what did people say, different people enter history at different times because lack of literacy, african history is not recorded for a long time because of lack of literacy. Theory: transatlantic contact before 1492: olmec civilization(1400-1200 bc) . San lorenzo heads: carved by the olmecs and said to have african roots so. Built the la venta pyramid (also mummi ed people like the egyptians: arguments that contact happened from 1400-1200 bc or with the nubians in. Nubian pyramids: 1200 bc: la venta: 900 bc (?) Bottle gourd (egypt): 5000 bc: bottle gourd (mexico): 7000 bc. Mummi cation (egypt): 2700 bc (?: mummi cation (chile): 5050 bc. Key for dates: bc: before christ, ad: does not mean after death, ce: common era, bce: before common era, ad: anno domini ( year of our lord )
