[HIST 2A] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (27 pages long!)
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How did geography and environment shape the history and worldview of. Large scale agriculture and writing are pillars of civilization economic, political, or social systems without a consistent environment. Hard for writing to develop without large scale agriculture. Because people had no need to develop a form of written communication without an ability to stay in one area for longer periods of time it is harder to form. Mesopotamia is the greek word for (cid:498)land between the rivers(cid:499) (the tigris and but it doesn"t necessarily have to include a certain group of mesopotamian people) Mesopotamia is a regional name (for example: i can refer to a mesopotamian ritual. Located in the fertile crescent which is a large floodplain which gave the. Mesopotamians the fertile lands to develop large scale agriculture. This time frame brought exponential population growth to the region.
