___(early)civilization developed in the Middle East. This was the Bronze Age of the Old World,during___people first developed the art of metallurgy(冶金术)。Civilization also developed___(independent)in the New World,such as Mexico,Peru and their___(surround)areas. The Bronze Age___(foll...
civilization the advanced cultural forms (e.g. central government, development of the arts and learning, articulated concern with morals and manners) associated with cities and the wider societies in which these are located. The term derives from the Latincivis,citizen. ...
Now that we know much more about ancient exchange and commerce, we know that, because no one aspect of trade was an overriding cause of cultural change or evolution in commercial practices, trade can never be looked on as a unifying factor or as a primary agent of ancient civilization.Many...
The birth of the state and civilization is a complicated problem,and only through long enormous work can it be satisfactorily explained.Concerning the birth of the state,many scholars have put forward various expounding m...
millionsinGuatemalaandSouthernMexicospeak28Mayandialects.CityofTeotihuacanHighlandsofMexicoLakesinareaofhighelevationVillageofTeotihuacan,500BCE,expandstobecomemassivecityImportantceremonialcenterExtensivetradenetwork,influencedsurroundingareasBeginstodeclinec.650CE,sackedinmiddleof8thcentury,massivelibrarydestroyedPirámidedel...
In the 1970s, a number of archaeologists gave trade a primary role in the rise of ancient states. British archaeologist Colin Renfrew attributed the dramatic flowering of the Minoan civilization on Crete and through the Aegean to intensified trading contacts and to the impact of olive and vine ...
“China is perhaps the most successful centralized state in human history," Harl says. "And at several points in human history is without a doubt the greatest civilization that stayed on the globe.” 5. Ancient Peru, 1200 B.C. Peru served as the cradle of civilization to a number of cul...
Now that we know much more about ancient exchange and commerce, we know that, because no one aspect of trade was an overriding cause of cultural change or evolution in commercial practices, trade can never be looked on as a unifying factor or as a primary agent of ancient civilization. ■...
rise of Maya civilization InMexico: Classic Period During the Early Classic subperiod (300–600ce), Tikal, Uaxactún (both in present-day Guatemala), and Copán (Honduras) all produced remarkable art and architecture. In the Late Classic subperiod, between 600 and 900ce, ceremonial centres in ...
in a letter to a friend describes the tribes in Pennsylvania as being of “so lively a resemblance” to the Jews that “a man would think himself in Duke’s Place or Berry Street in London where he seeth them.” The Toltecs in Mexico resembled the Jews and, according to a native ...