HIST 1001 : HIST Exam 1
Document Summary
Historical themes: governmental structure, republic/ monarchs, social structure/ class, economy, gender/sexuality, differentiation of peoples (race/ethnicity, etc. , creative endeavors, literature, music, art, architecture, explanation of the world, myths and science, answering big questions, philosophy and religion. What is civilization: latin civis =citizen, inhabitant of a city, civitas= collection of citizens, state. Idea of the west: ancient to modern: differentiation, mutual influence, greece and persia, rome and the greek world, christendom and the dar al islam, europe and asia, human origins, australopithecus (3. 5 mya, lucy (ca. 200,000 ya: early evidence of human creativity activity, venus of willendorf, ca. 30,000 ya: depicts animal encounters, daily life, from nomadic to settled, hunter gatherers, domestication of animals. Horses, silkworms, cats: fixed settlements (ca. Domestication of plants: wheat, rice, maize, figs, legumes, early cities. Continuous habitation from ca 8400 bce: catal huyuk. Southern europe: crafts and technology, pottery (ca.
