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All summaries must be typed in Word, Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12, and must include all the titles from the chapters and their different parts clearly, as shown below. NO Refernces other than the book. 1-page per chapter, but clear explanations and sufficient coverage of all the concepts are expected in order to get full credit for this assignment. Textbook Contents, Concepts, and Definitions to Be Summarized (and to prepare for the tests):
The book is The Humanities Culture, Continuity & Change
I will send pages of all texts if you do not have the book or can not get the book
Chapter 1. From Forest to Farm: – The beginnings of Culture. Difference of Culture and Civilization. – Paleolithic Culture and Its Artifacts. – The Rise of Agriculture. – The Neolithic Megaliths of Northern Europe. – The Neolithic Cultures of the Americas. – Materials and Techniques: Stonehenge. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16aBbc4JvtqXq0d2Hj…
Chapter 2. Mesopotamia: – Metallurgy. – Sumerian Ur. The Ziggurats. – Cuneiform Writing in Sumeria. – Akkad. – Babylon. The Code of Hammurabi. – The Assyrian Empire. – Mesopotamian Literature: The Epic of Gilgamesh. – The Hebrews. – Neo-Babylonia. https://drive.google.com/file/
Chapter 3. The Stability of Ancient Egypt: – The Nile and Its Culture. – The Old Kingdom. – The Middle Kingdom and Thebes. – The New Kingdom. – Mummification Techniques; The Rosetta Stone; The Construction of the Pyramids. – The Late Period and the Fall of Egypt. – Interactions through Trade.
https://drive.google.com/file/
Chapter 5. Bronze Age in the Aegean World: – Minoan Culture in Crete. – Mycenaean Culture on the Peloponnese. Construction Techniques. – The Homeric Epics: The Iliad and The Odyssey.
https://drive.google.com/file/
Chapter 6: The Rise of Greek City-States: – The Greek Gods. – The Polis. – The Classical Orders in Art. – The Athens of Peisistratus and Democracy. – The Persian Wars and the Persian Empire (Global Empire?).
https://drive.google.com/file/
Chapter 7: Golden Age of Athens and the Hellenistic World: – The Politics of Athens. – The Acropolis and the Parthenon. – Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. – The Empire of Alexander the Great (First Global Empire?) and the Hellenistic World. – Alexandria, the first global city.
https://drive.google.com/file/
Chapter 8: Rome; From Republic to Global Empire: – Origins of Rome: Greek and Etruscan Roots. – Roman Republic. – Imperial Rome: Augustus and the City of Marble. – Public Works and Monuments. The Colosseum. The Forums. – The Roman Legacy.
https://drive.google.com/file/
Chapter 4: China and India in the Ancient Global World: – Early Chinese Culture. – Imperial China. – The Silk Road. Connections East-West, Europe, and China.
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