CLA160H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mesopotamia, Sea Peoples, Homo Sapiens
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Topics: civilization , the big picture", terms, mesopotamia. Mesopotamia influenced ancient greek and roman cultures ancient mesopotamian civilizations are parallel to greek and roman. Mesopotamian and egyptian civilizations are older than greek and roman civilizations. Big picture homonids homo sapiens for the last 100,000 years. Paleolithic old stone age stone tools culture to some extent i. e. cave paintings represent life life more than eating and sleeping. Neolithic new stone age agricultural revolution jericho, stonehenge, B. c. /a. d. ancient methods greek olympiads, roman consuls, julian calendar. Mesopotamia geographical area means middle river place where. Sumer/sumerian first dominant civilization, third millennium b. c. geographical area/culture. Akkad/akkadian sometimes rose to power in third millennium, then in the second millennium b. c. came to power babylon preserved/respected. Sea peoples civilizations speak of sea peoples attacking, taking down civilizations. : mesopotamia sumerians; greek prehistory no civilizations. : mesopotamia akkadians; greek prehistory minoans, Mycenaeans eventually take over minoan culture in the second half of the second millennium b. c.
