HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nipper, Euphrates, Eridu
30 Aug 2016
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The neolithic revolution (c. 10,000-3,000 bce: earliest human societies small communities; 20 to 30 people. Men began to work outside the home with farming, politics, war, hunting. 6 things that make up a civilization agriculture; plants and animals specialization in labor stratification of society; there is authority. 1 complex government; ruler or rulers. cities with a large population. Writing: first type of writing: pictograms. specialization stratification pictograms cuneiform: wedged shape images (mesopotamia) alphabet hieroglyphs: egypt, canaan (1500 bce) cursive. Tigris and euphrates river (fertile cresant) great place to farm. Women could own land, a business, appear in court, control their dowry- took a role in the homes: two buildings; temples and ziggurant(weird looking pyramids) Epic of gilgamesh (c. 2100-2000 bce) : lost story in ninerah. Fire destroyed the library, but the story was written on stone which survived the fire. Gilgamesh was a king of uruk and was viewed as the perfect warrior.
