BIOL 1001 Chapter : CH 16 Outline Fall 2013
Document Summary
484- 420 bc: greek writer of the history of the persian wars , herodotus, historian, father of history, inquiry, investigation, questioning. Primary sources and secondary sources: primary: first hand account or material that comes from the period in question, secondary: a historians interpretation of a primary source, text book. Types of history: political, social, intellectual, cultural, institutional, woman/gender, environmental, religious, economic, history of science, legal, business, military, and many more. Yes: 3,200 bc : first written documents, sumerians in mesopotamia, mesopotamia - region between two rivers. Difficult place to farm and live, two rivers flowing through the desert: no forest, relatively flat, little rainfall. Must irrigate land: dig irrigation canals, leveling land to move water, takes a lot of labor. Need organization, force, government to live here. Need a lot of people living close together near the rivers, need military to control them, also need writing. Need kingship with military: kings and gods have close association.
