HIST 1001 : EXAM 1 CLASS NOTES
Document Summary
Interpretation women/gender, religious, economic, history of science, legal, military, and many more. How to read a primary source: level one, who wrote it, when was it written, what type of document is it, main storyline, level two. Jewish calendar: olympic years, significant events, year of king"s rule, anno mundi, am 5772 believe in a clear cut time (beginning of the, christian calendar (began use in 700 ad/christ"s death) world to the end) Islamic calendar: anno hegirae, ah 1433, anno domini, ad 2012. Mesopotamian civilizations: mesopotamia-city states run by kings, kings claimed to know gods, 4 civilizations, sumerians, akkadians, assyrians, babylonians. Indo-european most of the languages of northern india, persian, and iran: settled in the southern region, first to build complicated cities by creating their own irrigation systems, each city was independent and led by a king. Akkadians: were the first of the outsiders coming through the region, ruler that controls mass of the area called an emperor, (stele of naram)
