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GKE TASK THREE 1 Themes in U.S. and World History (UG, GKE1-0913a) GKE Task Three David McAbee September 15, 2015
GKE TASK THREE Development of Early Human Society Before the record keeping of history, thousands of years BC, humans did not live in communities or have a governing body. Mesopotamia is the first recorded civilization that grew into an empire mainly because of the fact that the location was in a hot dry environment but two major rivers flowed on either side that left the area soil from the silt of the rivers that was rich and fertile. The Euphrates and The Tigris River also provided water for the fertile soil so that food production was the backbone of the first area of concentrated people. Nomadic peoples that traveled around not really laying claim to an area or possessing authority over others was the mainstay of the earth until this area was domesticated because of its geographic design and the environmental gifts the rivers provided. People settled, became domesticated, and because they were there, a ruling body was formed to create the first empire. Different culture, ideas, religions, and other beliefs and goods began to combine into the first recorded civilization on earth The invention of an irrigation system that brought much needed water from the rivers to the fertile soil made an entire empire of humans possible, for whoever controls the food controls the people. Maghan Keita (2010) stated that, “….the key to making the Fertile Crescent fertile was the technology of irrigation. In fact, irrigation became the key feature of the civilization. As a result of the need for irrigation, religious and legal codes in many Mesopotamian societies focused on water use.” This geographic feature allowed for the development of the first human civilization. Diffusion of Tea in Early Human Society Thousands of years ago there were no phones, fax machines, or the internet. The spread of ideas, clothing, religion, and even foods happened when people traveled from one place to another and brought those things with them. Tea was mainly in China as they used tealeaves infused in hot water for several purposes, one of those being medicinal. Different leaves were
GKE TASK THREE used and different methods used to make the tea using different types of water, temperature, and leaves. Tea was the diffused to Europe and the Middle East as travelers brought with them the knowledge and the tea with them. Eventually even as the Spanish, England, and France came to America, tea also came with them. Diffusion of tea was possible by the travelers and the trading of goods and services, but in true form diffusion is the reason that every culture drinks tea in a different way. Some teas are stronger than others are and some drink it hot with milk and honey while in the southern states of America one might be drinking more sugar than tea. Each culture did not assimilate the tea into their culture they took it in and changed it to fit their own standards and this is the process of diffusion. Expansion of the United States There were no global positioning satellites, GPS, in the early 1800’s, and there were no maps that were geographically correct, so no one really knew just how big or what types of terrain one might find is they just traveled west one day. Many understood that going west was one way that Americans were being given land to settle on sue to the fact that the American Government wanted to occupy the entire country. Later a policy put in place that our government still refers to this day, the Manifest Destiny. This was a road map to the expansion and the development of this country to reach as far as possible and to develop the land for the use of the country. Lumber from the forests were needed to build, food from the fields to feed, jewels and metals from the earth were needed, cotton to make cloth and so on. The original thirteen colonies became overpopulated and the development of natural resources was in greater demand with no room so the people move west. The geographic lay of the land in some areas were better for cattle or sheep and some places were fertile enough for mass crop production. Almost all the resources that the early American might need came from the earth.
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