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3,000 years Ethiopia's history explained in less than 10 minutes

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The rise and fall of the Inca Empire - Gordon McEwan

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Major Topics: Americas #3 (okay this one is 'murica)

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Major Topics: Americas #3 (okay this one is 'murica)

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NORTH AMERICA

"semi-sedentary."

Pueblo

Pit houses & Kiva

Pueblo Bonito

"Not all was sweetness & light"

KNOW THE BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS

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Pre-Incan Rituals Used Conches ... But For What?

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The "acoustic musicians" of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics help archaeologists unravel the mysteries of the pre-Incan Chavín temple complex -- and the ritual role given to the conch. Related story: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/february/conch-acoustic-musicians-020711.html Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford News: http://news.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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Major Topics: Americas #2 (still not 'murica)

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Major Topics: Americas #2 (still not 'murica)

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ANDES

Desert v. Mountains

Norte Chico → Chavin →  Moche → Paracas → Nazca → Inca

Terraced farming here too

CHAVIN

Religious leaders (connect to Meso?)

Religion and trade together

The San Pedro Cactus (connect to Delphi)

MOCHE

Warrior Priests lived on pyramids (How do we know they were so important?)

Still human sacrifice.

PARACAS

Trephination

NAZCA

What were those lines? Are they like the pyramids?

Does the prevalence of religion in nearly all aspects of their lives make Classical era civilizations in America similar, or variant from Classical Era civilizations in Eurasia?

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MESOAMERICA:

Pyramids, Pyramids, Pyramids!

Olmec→Teotihuacan→Maya

Maya:

Writing

Why did they need an "almost totally engineered landscape?"

political structure,

city-states

ritual bloodletting

decline

Teotihuacan:

organization

no 'self glorifying'

educated guesses

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How was African history, a history denied?

Racial

written record

How does the experience of the Niger Valley challenge conventional notions of "civilization?" [Margin Q: ]

Did the organization of the people in the Niger Valley, etc. (stateless societies) contribute to "Africa, a history denied?"

What does it mean to be stateless?

What is significant about 'cities without citadels?'

Few signs of despotic power

Villages of specialized jobs--Is this a variant or similarity?

In what way were Bantu people like a paper towel?

VOCAB: Griot & Diviner

BANTU

"...brought to Africa south of the equator a measure of cultural and linguistic commonality, marking it as a distinct region of the continent"

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Do variant & diverse mean similar things?

What causes general variants?

Geography

Population

NORTHEAST AFRICA

"When historians refer to Africa during the classical period they are speaking of a geographic concept, a continental landmass, not a cultural identity"  (283)  <--- Hey what does that mean?

Geography

Climate Zones

Proximity to Eurasia

Arabia

Meroe: A city

Where?

Known for?

What does Egypt's fall have to do with Meroe's rise?

How do we know they had extensive contacts with others?

Rome

Apedemek

Decline

Axum: Christian Africa

Where did they draw their successes?

How is Christianity connected to those successes?

King Ezana

Are Axum and Meroe truly variants to classical era civilization?