HIST 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nekhen, Qasr Ibrim, Coptic Cross
11 Nov 2017
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Bc = bce = 0 = 2000 bp. Assumed europe had hit the end and other countries would catch up eventually. Watch use of value laden terms: advanced culture, backward culture. Framework of us and them with favour to europe. Language used that creates better and worse dynamic. Be specific: changes to technologies, political structures, etc. Terms originated and used for/by the pre-industrial, northern european societies. Not pursued on the continent due to whatever reason. Technologies used to classify earlier and non-industrial societies along cultural evolutionary scale (archaeologists) Not an accurate marker of time period . Considered to be brought in from the outside world. Much is known - the earliest known of the african civilizations. Large standing monuments, elaborate hieroglyphic script, technology. Origins of the state (hierakonpolis, nakada; unification - 3100. Food surplus - social differentiation, social stratification. A lot of fighting required to achieve this. The nile played an important role in sustaining the people.
