NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Introduced Species, Sustainable Agriculture, Dowry
16 Sep 2018
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Land between two rivers, tigris and euphrates: cradle of civilization, modern day iraq, fertile crescent. First development of agriculture: key to the founding of the first cities. Sumer 3rd millennium bc: akkad - late 3rd millennium bc, city states are the most common government in the third century bc, babylon, assyria, 1st millennium empires rise and fall frequently. Sources: primary sources; writing is huge, texts are critical because it shows us the development of writing, architectural evidence; buildings, graves, bodies (cid:862)tell(cid:863) sites. What were the most important city states and why: akkad, kish, uruk, babylon. Lecture 2: mesopotamia, what foods were available, etc, many different rulers wanted the maritime--->trade, climate: hot, dry summer and cooler winters, northern region: syria, babylon in south. Southern mesopotamia is relatively new, has silk deposits: main crops: wheat, barley, lentils, vines, olives, artificial irrigation system with channels/cannel, date palms/vegetables/spices planted near the water and the cereal fields behind them, marsh arabs-artificial reed houses.
