Trading Peoples AP World History Trading Peoples Civilizations
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Trading Peoples AP World History
Trading Peoples Civilizations of Egypt & Mesopotamia greatly influenced neighboring people in the Fertile Crescent = the Aramaeans and the Phoenicians Trading peoples Traveled by sailing ships & by caravan Spread languages, customs, and ideas as they traded around the Fertile Crescent
The Aramaeans Settled in central Assyria around 1200 BCE Capital = Damascus Gained control over the trade between Egypt and Mesopotamia
The Aramaeans Because their caravans crisscrossed the Fertile Crescent nonstop, people learned their language called Aramaic Main language of the region until the 800 s Closely related to Hebrew and Arabic Many parts of the Bible were written in this language
The Phoenicians Canaan = land between ancient Egypt and Syria Canaan = modern day Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan Phoenicians settled in northern Canaan
The Phoenicians Sailed the seas for trade Made strong, fast ships using timber in cedar forests Built a string of towns & cities along their coast Grew to become city-states Built confederation (loose union) of city-states
The Phoenicians Expert navigators Plotted voyages using the sun & stars Took charge of Mediterranean shipping and trade
The Phoenicians Created an alphabet = series of written symbols that represent sounds Only 22 characters Each character represented different consonant sound Basis for our alphabet we use today
The Phoenicians To protect & re-supply their ships, the Phoenicians set up a network of trading posts and colonies along the coasts of the Mediterranean Colony = settlement of emigrants
The Lydians Lived in Asia Minor This area famous for its gold deposits First group to develop a monetary system with set prices using coins Everybody else still bartering = exchanging goods Soon the concept of money traveled to other societies
The Olmec Civilization AP World History
Mesoamerica Meso = middle Refers to any cultures that lived in present-day Mexico & Central America
Olmec Civilization One of the earliest Mesoamerican civilizations Located near Gulf of Mexico Knowledge of them comes from excavations of 2 main sites = San Lorenzo and La Venta both discovered in the 1930 s
Olmec Civilization Olmec = known for gigantic stone heads carved from basalt (volcanic rock) Some more than 9 feet tall Some weighed as much as 40 tons Heads of rulers Moved without wheels or “beasts of burden” Olmec moved these heads about 60 miles from the mountains to the sites where they were found
Olmec Civilization Religion played an important role in the lives of the Olmec; chief aspect of religion = harvest Many carvings found of the main Olmec god = a being with a human body and the catlike face of a jaguar Olmec believed the jaguar god controlled the harvests
Olmec Civilization Early Olmec farmers used slash-andburn farming = farmers cut down trees to clear land & burned whatever was left Planted maize and other crops among fertile ashes Problem = soil became exhausted after about 2 years Farmers then shifted fields & repeated the cycle
Olmec often traded with other Mesoamerican civilizations Olmec artifacts found in other regions Olmec ideas show up with later civilizations, such as: Religious ceremonies Sacrificial rituals Bloodletting Game of pok-a-tok This influence has led to the Olmecs being referred to as the Mother Civilization for Mesoamerica
Pok-a-tok A ritual ball game = rubber balls were batted back and forth across a walled court Symbolized the back & forth struggle between this world and the next
Olmec Religion Olmec rulers = BOTH political leaders AND spiritual leaders Performed rituals and ceremonies to satisfy the gods Temples and pyramids built where thousands could gather for special religious ceremonies and festivals
Religious Rituals of the Olmec Bloodletting Sacrifice of humans, animals, and valuable objects
Bloodletting Tools used: Blades Stingray spines Sharks’ teeth Obsidian flakes Rope with thorns Jade “spears”
Sacrifice
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