[HUM 2020] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (15 pages long!)
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Science or religion are the bases of beliefs. We take all of our information from other people- evidence . Authoritative texts (bible, quran, etc. ) are based in tradition and do not change, as opposed to science. 44,000 years ago- family sought shelter in the cave of shanidar- remains found in the. Man"s culture has shown a regression , that is, less advanced standards of civilized life. Man transitioned from hunting and gathering straight to farming. R. j. braidwood and b. howe concluded that genetic studies confirm the archeological finds occurred that agriculture occurred when we thought man had a first crude culture and civilization. Wheat and barley was the first farming venture. Millet, rye, spelt, flax, and fruit shrubs/trees were first domesticated in the near east before it reached europe. Grapes: northern mesopotamia- noah planted a vineyard (old testament) in northern. God planted an orchard in eden- eden was east of israel, watered by tigris, euphrates, and others.
