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1) Mycenaean - The people that migrated from Europe, India, and Southwest Asia. Trojan War - Was the war that the Mycenaean's besieged and destroyed Troy in Dorian - They moved to Greece in 1200 bc. They displaced the culturally more advanced Mycenaean civilization, seemingly because they had mastered the use of iron.  Homer - The greatest storyteller who was blind. epics - Homers narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds, sometime between 750 and 700 B.C. myths - The traditional stories about the gods. 2) I think the epics had the most contribution because they were how they communicated knowledge and stories. 3) It made them great sailors they used this skill for trade because they lacked in resources such as timber, metal, and farmland. 4) One of the things that the Mycenaean's adapted from the Minoans was sea trade they also adopted their language, writing system, religion, politics aspects, and literature. 5) They were important because they were their only way to ...

Lo1: Describe the geography of Egypt Lo2: Identify the role of pharaoh in Egyptian culture Lo3: Describe the culture and technological achievements of the Egyptians _________________________________________________________________________________ Lo1: The geography of Egypt was mostly desert with fertile area around the Nile Delta it had access to the Nile river which allowed easy access to the Mediterranean sea and the Red sea this. This was important because it allowed easy flow of goods between Asia, Europe, and Africa.  Lo2: The role of the king was one striking difference between Egypt and Mesopotamia. In Mesopotamia, kings were considered to be representatives of the gods. To the Egyptians, kings were gods. The Egyptian god-kings, were thought to be almost as splendid and powerful as the gods of the heavens. Lo3: They calculated the number of days between one rising of the star and the next as 365 days—a solar year. They divided this year into 12 months of 30 days each ...

Lo1: Define Mesopotamia, Sumer, city-state, dynasty, cultural diffusion, polytheism, Hammurabi Lo2: Identify the region of Sumer and discuss aspects of Sumerian culture Lo3: Explain the impacts of the Agricultural Revolution on the development of Sumerian civilization _________________________________________________________________________________ Lo1: Mesopotamia - The region's curved shape and richness of its land led scholars to call it the Fertile Crescent. It includes the lands facing the Mediterranean Sea and a plain that became known a Mesopotamia. The word in Greek means "land between the rivers." Sumer - An ancient civilization founded in the Mesopotamia region of the Fertile Crescent situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. City-State - A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. Dynasty - The rulers passed down their power to their sons, who eventually passed it down to their own heirs. This series of rulers from a s...

1)  The most  important  thing the  Nile  provided to the  Ancient Egyptians  was fertile land. Most of  Egypt  is desert, but along the  Nile River  the soil is rich and good for growing crops. I do not think Egypt could have become a majestic civilization without the Nile because it provided them with large supplies of food.  2) They used the Nile for irrigation and transportation. They used sailing sailed upstream and floated downstream.  3) The power structure of Egypt consists of the pharaoh on the top government officials, soldiers, scribes, merchants, artisans, farmers, and slaves and servants on the bottom. When Egyptian Kings and Queens were described as divine they meant they are like a god. The powers they believed it gave them was absolute power they could command major projects to be built, regardless of coast. Because  they were seen as divine, their subjects were devoted to their afterlife.  4) ...

Lo1: Define Hammurabi, Hammurabi's Code. Lo2: Describe the historical significance of the code of Hammurabi. _________________________________________________________________________________ Lo1: Hammurabi - Was a Babylonian King, reigning from c. 1792 BC to c. 1750 BC. During his reign, he conquered Elam and the city-states of Larsa, Eshnunna, and Mari. Hammurabi's Code - Holds people responsible for their action. Someone who steals from the temple must repay 30 times the cost of the stolen item. The code is a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. Lo2: The historical significance of the code of Hammurabi it allowed all of Babylon's citizens to read the laws that governed their lives, and the laws could not be manipulated by a ruler to suit his or her own goals.

1) Nomad- highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging, or searching for new sources of food. Hunter-Gatherer- nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods. Neolithic Revolution- the agricultural revolution--the far reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming. Slash-and-Burn Farming- you cut trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field. Domestication- hunters' expert knowledge of wild animals or taming, of animals. 2) I think the most significant development of agriculture was Domestication because hunters have learned to tame animals mostly dogs to gather or hunt whatever the hunter is tracking. 3) It made their lives easier because it increased their food supply for example hunters crafted special spears that enabled them to kill game at greater distances. 4) Planting of seeds helped them discover how to grow things. Pressure to find new food sources from the hunters as the populat...

All Hominids had a human like shape and stood upright -Homo Habilis was known as the "man of skill" they made stone tools made out of lava rock they used these tools to cut meat and crack open bones. -Homo Erectus was known as the "upright man" some anthropologists believe that homo erectus was intelligent enough to make technology and were smarter than homo habilis. -Homo Sapiens were developed from homo erectus these species name for modern men there name actually means "wise men" they physically resembled homo erectus but had larger brains making them smarter. The Paleolithic Age or the Stone Age brought the invention of tools, fire, and development of language it lasted from 2.5 million to 8000 B.C. The Neolithic Age or the New Stone Age began about 8000 B.C and ended about 3000 B.C it brought the invention of polished tools, pottery, crops and raising of animals. Archaeologists are specially trained scientist who work like detectives to uncover...