World Civilization I
World Civilization I
World Civilization I
I
Introduction
Difficulty Studying History
B. Cultural Diversity
1. Each group adjusted to their climates and conditions
differently
III. Americas, some took up farming but not herding, were there
were fewer large domesticated animals
IV. Central Asia, embraced herding but not farming where arid
climate were unsuitable for grazing animals bunt not crops.
II. Sargon I was the first Akkadian ruler from 2370-2315 BCE
to conquer Sumer and establish Empire from Persian Gulf
to the Mediterranean.
D. Disaster struck Ur around 2000 BCE when the Elamites from what is now
Iran destroyed the city.
E. The Sumerians were never again a dominant political force, but their
cultural influence would be powerful throughout all subsequent
civilizations in the Tirgis Euphrates valley.