Wednesday, May 29, 2013
exams
our final will be on guns, germs, and steel(15), sumerians(10), egypt(10), greece(35 questions), Rome(20), the middle ages and feudalism(12). Papua New Guinea is in australia. Jared diamond had a theory based on geographic luck. It depended on animals and plants being domesticated. Plants had to be able to be stored. Used to be hunters and gatherers. Less time worrying about food allows specialized labor. Sego trees. cuneiform was sumerian writing. Prehistory was before written history. agricultural revolution, operating plows and allowed people to have villages and stuff. mesopatamia was located near tigris and euphrated which flowed south to north. Nile was center of egyptian life. pyramids were built for the pharaoh. sphinx was a cat thing. greece was once an oligarchy which was a group of men. spartans were more war like. Athens was into arts. athenians had a strong navy.
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