Mycenaean civilization rose up when Minoan civilization had fallen adopting much of the ways of the Minoans. Things like their art and writing system were very similar to the Minoans and I believe the Mycenaeans carried on the influence and memory of the Minoans. I agree that they did make the trade their own soon rising to become a powerful civilization. The weight of the military influence would motivate me not to live near the main city and I don’t like big cities but living near the ocean would be a great characteristic that if I was a part of that time I would enjoy.
Settled around 3000 BCE and were often subject to Mesop. rule. 30. Phoenician trade networks- Since there land did not support an agricultural society they turned to trade and industry.
As Swahili once said, “Wisdom is wealth.” The major trade routes of this time frame were mostly located right around Askum. Askum had a huge advantage on a lot of civilizations because they were perfectly placed on the Red Sea. Askum had reached their highest point at around 325 CE and 360 CE. Africa had a lot of already developed civilizations with a structured way of life.
The map in Document #1 shows the Phoenician's trade route across the Mediterranean Sea. They appeared on the scene with an established maritime tradition, and the technology to build ships with a keeled hull. This allowed them to sail the open seas, and as a result, the Phoenicians developed a flourishing sea trade. In the picture, you can see that the Phoenicians had many different types of products that were available to them through trade. Some of those products include; gold, copper, silver, and grain (Document #1).
This makes it a good place for civilization because its hard to conquer and has a good water source. Also, the Nile has predictable flooding. In Mesopotamia, there were no boundaries and 2 rivers. The rivers were the Tigris and Euphrates and were very unpredictable for flooding. Paragraph 3: The Phoenicians living on the eastern shore of the mediterranean sea impacted what they were known for.
A steady food supply led to larger cities, and in turn, complex societies arose. Manioc,
The culture that the Toltecs had then started to move and spread north Trade was a huge part of their culture, so that spread north too. Culture included: temples for rituals and prayer, sacrificing people to the Gods, pottery and jewelry making. The biggest city the Toltecs had control of--Cahokia, could hold around 30,000 people.
During 600 BCE and 600 CE, many countries was going through a drastic change. When analyzing early civilizations, it’s evident there is similarities and differences. The Middle East, China, and Africa were among few countries that advanced during this aeon. All of these empires within the countries have risen and fallen, developing these civilizations to what we know of today.
In the Ancient world, Life began around rivers. Throughout this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two of the prominent ancient civilizations, the Egyptians and the Sumerians. They had many cultural and governmental differences between them. Below are some examples. To start, each civilization began next to a river(s).
Civilizations in Africa and the Americas had very different experiences concerning trade, government and economic opportunities. Axum, emerging at around 50 CE, and Meroe, flourishing in 300 BCE, both appearing on the eastern half of Africa, had connections to the Eurasian empires and large domesticated animals to use in their specialized, imperial economies, while civilizations such as Maya, materializing cultural achievements in 250 CE, and Teotihuacan, developing in 150 BCE, had very little acculturation and no pastoral opportunities. Although Meroe, Axum, Maya and Teotihuacan had several differences including Meroe and Axum’s single, imperial monarch and extensive trading connections in comparison to Maya and Teotihuacan’s elite centered
Every region possesses different strengths and weaknesses which can shape the goods and services they offer. Trade is imperative if you want to have different goods. In the introduction of Life in Two City-States: Athens and Sparta, the text explained that “Athens was a walled city near the sea. Close by, ships came and went from a busy port supporting trade.” Trade was easy to establish and ports allowed for ships to come into Athens.
Ancient civilizations began in areas that had arable land and other features such as rivers. Civilizations succeeded in these environments because they could settle down and not live a nomadic lifestyle. Because the land was arable, agriculture prospered and people relied on the geography to grant them the elements needed for survival. In China and Egypt, geography greatly influenced and affected the lives of the people living there because of the prosperous rivers and large natural barriers.
Geography can have many major effects on the historical development of empires, nations, and people. Two river valley civilizations that were greatly affected by geography were Egypt and Mesopotamia. Geography had a large part in shaping the civilizations in both Egyptian and Mesopotamian river valleys. Geography had a large part in shaping the civilization in the Egyptian river valley. For example, the Nile River provided fertile soil and a good living environment, which could not be found anywhere else in the desert.
Throughout time civilizations have risen and collapsed. Some were conquered while others simply disappeared. The Egyptian civilization thrived near the Nile River from 3000 B.C. and was later conquered by the Persian Empire around 525 B.C. In the other hand, the Mayan civilization developed in Yucatan Peninsula around 200 B.C., and mysterious disappeared around 900 A.D. However, these two cultures share many factors in common such as developing calendars and building pyramids. Even though civilizations developed in different time periods, they can still have many factors in common such as environment, language, and architecture.
They traded things that they had a lot of and in return they got things that they didn 't have, Another similarity these civilizations had was that they all had a writing system. In Mesopotamia they had the cuneiform. The cuneiform was a system of writing that was on clay tablets. In Egypt they had hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics were basically simple pictographs.
Basically, it’s imperative to point out the fact that the roots of Western civilization can be traced back to Mediterranean classical ancient times, as well as other parts of European predominantly occupied by the Greek. In this regard, the geography of Greece played an important role in the development of the Greek Civilization, for instance, “HIST 101 Western Civilization I.” (n.d) states, “Greece is an extremely mountainous, peninsula almost completely surrounded by water. It includes both a mainland and some 1400 outlying islands in the Mediterranean Sea.”