HIST 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gulf War, Euphrates, Akshak
8 Nov 2017
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Complex group of indiv who create a culture by doing things in common + interacting. Sedentary lifestyle; agriculture and domestication of animals. Power and religious structures become more important; a primary religious structure. The plow was extremely important in civilization. Consciousness = humans become aware and this creates cultures. Cumulative - achievements and knowledge are passed on one gen to the next. Specialized craftsmen enjoying political rights by residence (not kinship) 2003 us became involved again; invaded and overthrew govt. Tigris and euphrates river (in arabic, dijils and furat. Ancient sumerians: from 3360 to 2400 b. c: the emergence of a king and warring city states. Urban revolution - city states such as uruk, eridu, kish, lagash, agade, akshak, Larsa and ur (the birthplace of abraham of the bible, about the yr 2000 b. c) Akkadians, 2400- 2200 b. c (ruled by sargon i, world"s first empire-builder) 3360 bc is start of this civilizations.
