Crescent City

In the US, 1 out of 3 children are overweight, making childhood obesity the number one health concern for parents. This is the complete opposite in Yemen, as there are around 400,000 children there that suffer from malnutrition, causing a child to die every 10 minutes from diseases related to starvation. All over the world, countries are at different levels of technological advancements, but where do these disparities come from? How could one place become so much more advanced than others? The answer

areas such as the Fertile Crescent, China, and Mesoamerica were more cut out for the domestication of different edible species. In the Fertile Crescent was wheat, while China had rice and millet, and Mesoamerica had corn. Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent allowed people to domesticate not only plants but Goats and sheep native to the area and made it so people could settle down instead of traveling around in search of food. This gave the people of the Fertile Crescent more time to create new technologies

hunter-gathers were receiving from their diets. Beer drinkers had better nutrition over non-beer drinkers. This farming and civilized lifestyle lead to civilizations consisting of many farmers; these civilizations lead to bigger civilizations, such as cities. Tom Standage uses many forms of source material to accompany his opinions, much of this material comes from the stone age. He reads many cuneiform tablets and other written material. Stanage also refers to many novels, and documentaries about many

life aiding in agriculture production and livestock care as well as basic human nourishment. Without this life supporting element, rural people flooded to the cities in droves seeking their basic human needs. Along with millions of rural Syrians, Iraq refugees were also flocking to the Syrian cities for comfort and aid. With overcrowded cities, minimal resources, few jobs, and an oppressive government, Syria was doomed for rebellion and civil war, especially considering rebellions in neighboring countries

people of the Indus Valley were polytheistic and worshipped some female deities. Divisions in the land took place in each of these three early civilizations. Mesopotamia was a loose confederation of walled-off city-states each ruled by a king. Rivalry over land and water amongst these city-states often led to violent conflict. In fact, under the rule of the Assyrians, these walls were 5 to 7 stories high and a hundred feet thick in some places. Egypt was not as divided as Mesopotamia and was ruled

By the 440s B.C.E., the contributions of most city-states took the form of tribute—payment made as a sign of submission—sent to Athens’s treasury.Romans had founded the republic after dethroning their king in 509 B.C.E. They resolved to govern the Roman Republic according to laws. Around 450 B.C.E

The Neolithic Revolution was an event that began in 10,000 BCE and lasted for thousands of years. Throughout this time period, ancestral humans were transitioning from a hunter-gather way of life to a society in which agriculture was prominent. While geography and plant domestication were crucial, local animal types were less pivotal, yet still important to the Neolithic Revolution. To begin, geography was critical to the Neolithic Revolution. First, it is shown in a chart from Jared Diamond’s Guns

fall or be taken over by the next generation. Some cities today are remnants of these fallen empires such as Rome in Italy or Alexandria in Egypt. Our earliest signs of human civilization date all the way back to 10,000BCE, when we see the Neolithic revolution. First signs of farming are seen in the fertile crescent, along with the domestication of animals. The spread of agriculture allows for permanent settling in a single area. The Fertile Crescent was the perfect place for first civilization because

In the city- state of Babylon the people had be ruling the land for years and the surrounding cities have started to plan against the great city of Babylon. One city in particular had be waiting for the time to attack and gain control of the fertile crescent, that city was Assyria. The ruler of Babylon Shamash-mudammiq had fallen ill and the strength of the city had weaken. This was the chance that Assyria had been cranking for to take down Babylon. The one issue that came up was that the Babylonians

found in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers, which is now known as Iraq. Since the land was very fertile in Mesopotamia, the crops grew incredibly well and that helped lead to the development of civilizations. Mesopotamia had eight civilizations: Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, Hittites, Assyria, New Babylon, Phoenicians, and Israel. Sumer lasted from 3200 b.c. until 1900 b.c. Sumer was ruled by a king who had the responsibility of maintaining the city walls and the irrigation