They didn't have much technology because they didn't have many people to work on it. They always got sick from the dust and stuff because it wasn't good for their health. Then they would die off and then they'd get less people. Hunter gatherers and agriculturalists population was never big. They both didn’t have a lot of people.
Serpent Mound- The creators of the Serpent Mound were Native Americans possibly part of the Mississippi tribes. The Serpent Mounds was dated from 400 to 1100 CE of a formed impacted crater. Module 2 states, “the Serpent Mound was constructed to honor the cosmic rhythms through its form and structure”. The mound is made of several layers which are stone, clay, ash and top soil.
After reading the Cherokee origin myth it demonstrates that they value the four directions, North, South, East, and West. In the story the directions are named “sacred”, showing that they must have a great deal of importance to the people. The directions were also used to divide the barren land at the beginning of the myth. Without the directions people would have had no way of knowing where they were or where they were going. The directions assisted people in their travels as well.
The Cherokee had several major objections to moving to new locations. The Cherokee wanted to stay instead of moving to a place such as Arkansas because it is “unknown” to them and is already occupied by the Indians. Therefore, the Indians would look at the Cherokee as if they did not belong or be seen as an enemy when the Cherokee meant no harm. Also the Indians were not really supplied by wood and water, which was bad for the Indians because they could not live as agriculturalists, but also bad for the Cherokee because they were worried there was not a lot of land for farming. Furthermore, the Cherokee had major objections because the people around the Cherokees were so different compared to them.
Ancient civilizations began in areas that had arable land and other features such as rivers. Civilizations succeeded in these environments because they could settle down and not live a nomadic lifestyle. Because the land was arable, agriculture prospered and people relied on the geography to grant them the elements needed for survival. In China and Egypt, geography greatly influenced and affected the lives of the people living there because of the prosperous rivers and large natural barriers.
Arizona is known for its desolate deserts, and it’s unreal summer temperatures. It goes without saying, that for something to live here, be it, plants, animals, or people, that they would need to be strong and resilient. This gave rise to desert plants and animals like the Saguaro and jackrabbit, but today I will be focusing on how resilience and Guns, Germs and Steel affected ancient Arizonians and how it will affect future Arizonians. Many of these ancient tribes had some of the fiercest, most cunning, and adaptable people that the world had ever seen. One has to wonder, why did the Europeans discover and take over the Americas, instead of it being the other way around?
The civilizations were directly affected by the geography of their land. Overall, Egypt was more politically stable and had a better chance of survival then Mesopotamia because of the natural barriers which made it hard for others to enter in and begin
There are many early civilizations that had become very successful over time and most of them became successful because of their geography. But how did physical geography influence the success of the early civilizations. In this we will be using Egypt as an example and be explaining why it was so successful. As you may know Egypt is a desert civilization and you may think that because of this Egypt would have a severe lacking in agriculture and would not be able to support a large population, but that's quite the opposite. Egypt's geography made the impossible possible, they were able to become the most successful, and most renowned early civilization to have ever lived.
The geography affected ancient Egypt’s development because it helped create their civilization. It helped create their civilization because they from the Nile River they got a stable food supply which is important. The food they got from the river was water, which they used for crops. Though getting water from the stream was difficult, they invented objects/tools to make it easier. In the article The Nile River Flood Cycle it states, “Eventually, in order to gain the greatest benefit from the Nile’s waters, the Egyptians developed irrigation systems that carried water from the river to plants in their fields.
The most significant factor that influenced the development of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia was their geography, because their locations by large rivers led the civilizations to produce an abundance of food, leading to a population increase and for several cities to form which influenced the cultural, economic, and political influence of both civilizations. The flooding within both ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia allowed their agriculture to thrive Mapping sentence for culture. Mapping sentence for economic. Mapping sentence for Political. Transition.
One of the biggest and most powerful tribes in South Carolina was the Cherokee tribe. The were also known as the “real people”. THe Cherokee tribe was huge. Just one village could have over 600 people in it, and most of their villages were lined with a thing called palisade surrounding it for protection. Their leaders could be made up of men and women, and either gender could own land.
On July 17, 1830, the Cherokee nation published an appeal to all of the American people. United States government paid little thought to the Native Americans’ previous letters of their concerns. It came to the point where they turned to the everyday people to help them. They were desperate. Their withdrawal of their homeland was being caused by Andrew Jackson signing the Indian Removal Act into law on May 28, 1830.
The Iroquois creation story is a renowned Native American myth written by a Tuscarora historian, David Cusick. He is also the author of David Cusick’s Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations, which is known to be the first Indian-written history printed in the English language (Radus). The Iroquois creation myth exists in twenty-five other versions. It describes how the world was created from the Native American perspective. It begins with a sky woman who falls down into the dark world.
Ranging from the south Alleghenies mountain range all the way down to the south of Georgia and far west of Alabama, lived the Cherokee Indians. They were a powerful detached tribe of the Iroquoian family and were commonly called Tsaragi which translates into "cave people. " This tribe was very prominent in what is now called the U.S, but over time has been split up or run out of their land because of social or political encounters with the new settlers from Europe. Despite the dispersion or the split amongst this tribe, they still obtained their core religious beliefs, practices and ceremonies. Their detailed belief system, fundamental beliefs, significant meanings, and their connection to song and dance make up their religious system.
Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt were two early human civilizations that lived during the bronze age in harsh desert environments located not far from each other. Both civilizations were built around rivers that they depended on for survival. There is evidence that these rivers had great influence on both the societies politics and culture. Egypt was built around the very strong and reliable Nile River. Ancient Mesopotamia was established in the fertile crescent between the less reliable Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
