HIST 1001 Chapter : Ch 1 Hist 1001
Document Summary
Greek writer of the history of the persian war . Historion -(research the past, investigation) inquiry, investigation, questioning. Primary sources coming from the time period (focus in this class) Secondary sources- someone who has digested the time period and written about it (textbook) Political, social, intellectual, cultural, institutional, women/gender, religious, economic, Significant events- calendars may start with a significant event. Christian calendar (anno domini, ad 2012) also called ce for common era textbook uses this method ad=ce ; fifth century=400s either ad or bc. Ways of structure, common language/ religion, working together instead of isolated. C. 8000 bc jericho- one of the oldest cities about 2000 people. C. 6500 bc catalhoyuk- recently found middle of modern day turkey no roads a third of the buildings had shrines to bulls. Mesopotomia- the land in the middle of two rivers (tigris and euphrates) (et) Soil can be fertile but very little rainfall so difficult to grow crops.
