HI121- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)
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If food riots occur due to no flooding by the canal then emperor in the city is in danger: source survival, therefore don"t create irrigation canals, scholarly sub disciplines, deal with specific subjects, papyrology: epigraphy, study of papyrus. 9600bce-?? (ends with the cultural development of agriculture) 9th 6th millennium bce (later in some areas) development of bronze working. 14th 8th century bce written tradition: this way of categorizing is based on technology, not very accurate. Writing, dating, other key concepts: end of prehistory = beginning of writing, problem of oral tradition: incan quipo, cannot be accessed unless you know the oral tradition, dating types. September 12 2017: relative: seriation; stratigraphy, create a chronological order, absolute: scientific methods (radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology); written documents and astronomy. Things to remember: terminology/periodization is in flux, constantly debated, no one size fits all". Topic 1: proto urban centres, neolithic building blocks; shrines, house, cistern, public building.
