CLAA04H3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 94 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Understand the overarching chronology and geography of the ancient civilizations of the. Explain the main environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural features that shaped its history. Identify the main civilizations that existed and their interactions. Date key events that shaped the evolution. Locate on a map a selection of regions, geographical features, and sites that played an important role in its history. Explain the historical potential and limits of ancient primary sources and critically analyze them. Discuss material and cultural artifacts in their ancient context. In 440 bc a greek scholar named herodotus traveled the ancient near east collecting stories and histories which he compiled in the world"s first history book, This was before alexander the great conquered egypt and mesopotamia around 330 bc. A lot of the historic information we know about ancient egypt and mesopotamia come from the greeks. Egypt and mesopotamia are both greek terms. Mesopotamia is greek for land between the rivers.
