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In this chapter, we learned about how small towns turned into bigger ones, such as the Roman and Greek Empires. They are both very well known empires to this day due to the fact that they were so successful. During the Ancient Greek's revolution, they had some issues with the Persians. We learned how the ancient greeks had used democracy as a government, something that was new.

Page 92 "What meaning might you attach to the use of animals as totems or symbols of a particular group or individual?" Maybe the larger the animal, the stronger the group of people were. They could identify with the animal, or believe that that animal is shows a certain characteristic that the group looks up to. For instance an elephant is known for being wise, so if they use an elephant as a symbol it might mean that they are said to be wise people. They could also hunt that type of animal.

First Civilization  urge to escape form civilization— long been a central feature in modern life.  major themes in different things.  Civilization: represents a new and particular type of human society  immense productivity of Agricultural Revolution.  organize and controlled buy states who’s leaders used force to compel obedience.  Pyramids, slaves, temples, palaces, sculptures and writings, etc have all been due to civilization.  Something New: The mergence of Civilizations/ Introducing the First Civilization  global phenomenon seven major locations after 3500 BC first civilization emerged around 3500 BC to 3000 in three places  “cradle” of Middle Eastern Civilization  Sumerian was most likely one of the world’s earliest written languages.  used for official record for various temples ile River valley in northeastern Africa witness the emergence of Egyptian civilization.  pharaohs and pyramids ...

Breakthroughs to Agriculture:  initial settlement on earth, chief feature  second global pattern unfolded  Neolithic- new stone age used animals for breeding new population of people, settled villages, animal borne diseases, horse drawn chariot warfare, cities, states, empires, civilizations, writing, literature changed nature  animals selected for breeding grew plants longer animals to selected things people became dependent on their animals  Common Patterns:  occurred in: Fertile Crescents of Southwest Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, New Guinea, Mesoamerica, Andes, eastern North America.  Why was the Agricultural Revolution so late in the history of humankind?  Last Iceage coincided w the migration of Homo Sapiens  better agriculture  rising sea levels  Climate helped push extinction of various of species of large mammals  more wild plant due to warmer wetter weathers  borad-s...