HIST 1001 : HIST 1001 Exam 1 Notes
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Inquiry, investigation, questioning: primary sources-evidence from the time period in question, secondary sources-interpretation of the source (what historians write, types of evidence, questions. Types of history: political, social, cultural, women/gender, environmental, religious, economic, history of science, legal, business, military. How to read a primary source: level one. What are the assumptions made in the source: level three. Dating systems: year of king"s rule, olympic years, significant events. When/where to begin: 8,500 bc-domestication of animals, 8,400 bc-jericho, 6,500 bc-catalhayuk, 3,200 bc-first written documents-mesopotamia. Cuneiform-style of writting: akkadians, assyrians, and babylonians all adopt some summerian cultures. Assyrians: ziggurat in the middle with walls around kingdom, walls of ninevah-protect important city in northern mesopotamia. Ishtar gate babyonian-fired/glazed bricks on elaborate tiled entryway: law code of hammurabi inscribed on stone stele, class systems. Egypt: nile flows north, nile has scheduled/predictable flooding, scheduled flooding allows for irrigation system, pharaohs claimed to control river and be gods.
