CLAS 2P34 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mastaba, Hatshepsut, Saqqara
12 May 2016
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1. 2 fertile crescent map, near east, c. 10,000 bc. End of last ice age c. 10,000 bc -> warmer climate and rainfall -> population growth ->larger communities in region called fertile crescent . Man-made hill = site occupied for 1000"s of years. Successive layers of human use or habitation = hills forms gradually over time. People bring down a house and build one over it and it becomes a hill. 1. 9 carved stele, g bekli tepe, c. 9500 bc: t-shaped pillars: carvings. Most scholars believe that this is associated with religious beliefs. Animals in art as far back as the cave paintings of the paleolithic (40,000 + years ago) Rectangular mud brick houses joined together they don"t last long. No streets, but some courtyards for garbage and activities ex. You go from place to place on the roofs. No windows or doors in the lower levels. o. Houses small two rooms one for storage, other living space.
