[HIST 103] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (32 pages long!)
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Western hemisphere the americas: totally free of human influence until 35,000; from 35,000 until 10,000 years ago, migration took place, people got to the americas from walking across the bering land bridge; it connected. I(cid:271)eria a(cid:374)d alaska; today it"s a waterway, the bering strait. I(cid:272)e age, (cid:862)glo(cid:271)al war(cid:373)i(cid:374)g(cid:863: people were not explorers, the people were nomadic. The people could stay in one place and grow crops: la(cid:272)ked (cid:862)(cid:271)ar(cid:374)yard a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als(cid:863) (horses, cows, sheep, hogs, etc. ) these animals later came with europeans: native american groups combine agriculture and hunting (for protein, they established permanent villages, groups had religions. Most tribal groups were religious, most worshipped multiple gods (polytheistic) Italian city states genea: silk, perfume, spices, extreme differences between catholics and islam, christopher columbus was italian. He went to portugal to get government to allow him to sail. His plan was to get to the indies without going the way they had been going.
