Dr' Stephen S' Michot

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Dr. Stephen S. Michot
WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1600
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Introduction

• History evidence interpretation
• Dating System
  (B.C. or B.C.E.) (A.D. or C.E.)
  1500s 16th century
  (1501-1600)
• Geography bodies of water land
• Continuity Change East vs West

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late Paleolithic Era100,000 years ago

• hunter-gatherers
• stone tools weapons
• small groups of 20-30 people
• migratory clan-oriented
• egalitarian society
• spoken language
• controlled fire
• artistic tradition in cave paintings fertility
  figures
• rituals such as burying dead with artifacts

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Neolithic Era10,000 years ago

• agriculture
• domestication of animals
• more sophisticated stone tools, artwork, and
  weapons
• wheel
• painted/designed pottery
• weaving of cloth
• nomadic lifestyle

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Elements of Civilization5,000 years ago

• cities
• government
• managed economy
• established religion
• system of writing
• occupational specialization
• social hierarchy (classes)
• large-scale architecture
• large-scale public works projects (irrigation)
• refined art work

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Regions of Study