ARKY 325 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nomad, Shadoof, Social Inequality
14 Dec 2017
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The fertile crescent (domestication, agriculture, water management) Each environment has different rich resources: people in one spot relies on other. Tigris and euphrates have fish, sediment for clay, but lacking in trees and metals. Nomadic people in deserts use animals to produce milk and cheese. With all these different landscapes, you can trade for what you need (win-win) Lush green ribbon where you can get everything you need. Lower egypt (each had their own rules until unification of egypt circa 3100. See the change of reliance from animals and domestic crops (5750 ya) Development of few larger cities where they spread their reach. Aruk and ur are large sites that are self- sufficient, acting as a state but themselves as cities (city states) More sites pop up that are loosely connected. Construction of monumental architecture (organization for any public work) > choga mami developed world"s first irrigation system; organized labour to create canals.
