ANTHRO 41A Study Guide - Final Guide: Great Divergence, Eurocentrism, Mohenjo-Daro
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Week 1: tales of world history: history is mostly written by the victors and therefore the accounts and events we read are often biased. Week 2: the orient express: the city of kadesh in the hittite empire was the site of a battle in 1274bc against the. Egyptians: ramzey ii of egypt claimed that he won the battle despite actually losing. Indus valley was the most populous and had the greatest number of cities. Kingdoms in africa did exist, disproving this theory: myth of arid, despotic asia. In reality peasants in asia were motivated to do extra work due to the existence of complex systems of irrigation. This meant that there was enough food on the table: myth of temperate europe. Persian empire: muhammad was a prophet that united the people of the middle east under one god. He allied himself with one of the emperor"s sons whom he tricked to conquer the kingdom.
