WOH 2001 Lecture 17: Chapter 17 Notes
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Humankind has created patterns of behavior and learning termed culture. The transition of human beings from a food-gathering to a food-producing economy occurred during the ________ age. The fertile crescent is an area located from the nile river to the tigris river and beyond to the persian gulf. Women"s responsibilities during the neolithic period included gathering food/ weaving textiles/ cultivating fields/ spinning flax and wool. In preliterate societies, justice meant maintaining equilibrium within the group. All of the following apply to the development of human civilization except hunting and gathering. All of the following apply to the development of human civilization tool making/ political systems/ specialization of labor/ writing. The first mechanical device invented was the potter"s wheel. The type of government found in the earliest mesopotamian cities could best be described as. The very powerful nobles or landowners in early mesopotamian culture were called lugals.
