Blog #5

Chapter three discuses the empires and civilization in North Africa and Eurasia where they had systems to organize its society like a political system and culture values. The features that were distinctive in the second wave Eurasion civilization were political, culture and social features. The Chinese political feature is undefined where as for the others they are either under frequent fragmentation or royal absolutism also roman empire. The culture feature has different religion or meaning. The social feature have different class system or hierarchy so like who does what, who has the power and pretty much what they can do or not do. They had a system of imperial spies meaning "eyes and ears of the king" it indicated a imperial presence for the empire. Rome started out as a small and impoverished city/state. With there political system in place the romans were able to start there empire and build on it. The reason why  the romans took so long to build there empire was because the were creating something new unlike china where they created there empire from restoring something old. They both ended up getting a foreign religious tradition. With some apparent regularity they ended up  collapsing, these once strong structures that seemed to have had a good system to help there society ended up falling. They believe they were faced with some problems from the Germanic speaking people. Also rivalry created a instability for both empires and over through the authority.

Mesopotamia and the Olmec

Mesopotamia Vs. Olmec

 Culture and Environment

    Mesopotamia

• Mesopotamia grew up in river valleys
• Was dependent on the rivers for agriculture
• Had an open environment which made it easier for travel but vulnerable towards invasion
• Due to the rough environment and foreigners and ecological deterioration they shifted the Mesopotamia  civilization north

    Olmec

•   Along the gulf of Mexico
• Based on agriculture economy
• Had decorated temples, altars, pyramids and tombs of rulers
• Believed to have created the first written language in America
• they sometimes regard America as "mother civilization"

Cities and States

Mesopotamia

• Civilization in the southern Tigres Euphrates region known as sumer
• was organized in  dozen or separated independent city states
• urbanized society
• due to conflict with the environment it eventually left Sumerian cities open to outside forces so stronger people from northern meso took over the sumerian cities
• due to climate conflict it took the Sumerian phase of meso to an end

    Olmec

• Had cities that come from a series of competing chiefdoms which then became ceremonial centers
• Sometimes regarded America as "mother civilization"
• was influenced subsequent civilizations like the maya
• clearly distinctive and independent of its northern neighbors

Interactions and exchange

     Mesopotamia

• interacted near and more distant neighbors
• long distance trade

    Olmec

• Artistic styles
• culture patterns
• urban planning
• game played with rubber balls
• ritual sacrifice
• bloodletting by rulers

Blog #4

From the Code Of Hammurabi the Mesopotamian economy and society in the eighteen century civilization was pretty standard, they were wealthy, they had laws and punishments, they had rules that could be more beneficial to the Babylonian life, they also had a surplus of food. Due to earlier inhabitants of the region they issued a law code which reflected a more diverse economic base and trading network. The distinct social groups mentioned in the code are Amilu, Mushkemu, and wardu or slave. The rights that women had and enjoyed were that they were able to hold property, engage in business and qualify as a witness however they were restricted by the husband only he could divorce her on relatively light ground and if she didn't want any children. He was able to get married to his second wife.

Blog #3

Chapter two reflects off of civilization which is the culture way of being part of the ancient Mesoptamia and Egypt way of living . They would go out and be  savage which was known as inferiority. Many civilized people viewed those as outsiders or in their own society. They were also known as being solidity which was an idea to civilized people that they distinct and widely shared identities with boundaries. However many of the Mesoptamia felt that they were part of a shared culture.

Blog #2

Nissa's account as a description of what Paleolithic people might have been like is that she describes them as distructive.  In this quote "but Paleolithic people also acted to alter the natural environment substantially" she describes the Paleolithic people destructive towards the environment. Nissa describes the Paleolithic people as very independent groups.

The Beginning

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