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Page 1: ORIGIN OF CULTURES. What is the dominant continent? Why didn’t the American Indian colonize Europe?

ORIGIN OF CULTURES

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What is the dominant continent?

Why didn’t the American Indian colonize Europe?

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Major Axes of Continents

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7 million BC

Migration of Humans

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7 million BC

1 million BC500,000 BC

Migration of Humans

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7 million BC

1 million BC500,000 BC

20,000 BC

30,000 BC

12,000 BC

10,000 BC

Migration of Humans

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Origin of Food Production

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Spread of Domesticated Animals

Horse, sheep, goats, cows, pigs

Llama

None

None

None

(8000 - 4000 BC)

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Spread of Technology & Language

Wheel (3000BC)

Writing (1500 BC)

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EAST

WEST

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WEST

WEST

WEST

WEST

EAST

WEST

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World Population

4 Billion

736 Million

535 Million

18 million

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East/West axis

Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

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East/West axis

Ease of species spreadingMany suitable wild species

Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

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Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

East/West axis

Ease of species spreadingMany suitable wild species

Many domesticated plants & animals

Horses

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Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

East/West axis

Ease of species spreadingMany suitable wild species

Many domesticated plants & animals

Food surpluses (leisure)

Horses

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Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

East/West axis

Ease of species spreadingMany suitable wild species

Many domesticated plants & animals

Food surpluses (leisure)

Large, dense, sedentary, stratified societies

Horses

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Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

East/West axis

Ease of species spreadingMany suitable wild species

Many domesticated plants & animals

Food surpluses (leisure)

Large, dense, sedentary, stratified societies

Technology

HorsesGunsSteel

Ships

GovernmentsWriting

Org. Religion

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Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

East/West axis

Ease of species spreadingMany suitable wild species

Many domesticated plants & animals

Food surpluses (leisure)

Large, dense, sedentary, stratified societies

Technology

HorsesGunsSteel

Ships

GovernmentsWriting

Org. Religion Diseases

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Indo-European Languages

Sino-Tibetan

Elamo-Dravidian

Three dominant

mega cultures

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Judeo-Christian Daoism

Buddism

HinduMuslim

Three dominantreligions