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What was important about the development of agriculture?
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Changed man's physical environment
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What ended the period of the river valley civilizations??
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Various civilizations first established contacts between the regions.
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What was the first "revolution" in people history?
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The Agricultural Revolution
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Why were priests so important in early civilizations?
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Interpreted the god's wishes and placated the deities.
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What is an example of patriarchal society?After marriage, a woman moved to the residence of her husband's family.
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After marriage, a woman moved to the residence of her husband's family
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What was the influence of periodic nomadic invasions?
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Caused disruptions, but facilitated innovations, and prompted synthesis.
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What was special about the Harappan /Indus River Valley civilizations?
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Had system of writing that has never been translated.
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How was early civilization in China different?
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Probably developed after civilizations in the Nile Valley and Southwest asia.
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How were classical China and postclassical muslim societies simlar?
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Commonalities of the spoken or written language.
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How was feudalism counterbalanced?
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Created strong national armies capable of surppressing aristocratic independence.
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Why was the simple life so simple during the Middle Ages?
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Were burdened by obligations to the rules and local nobles
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How did classical societies differ from river valley civilizations?
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Their societal institutions were more complex
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What did pastoral nomads do?
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Lived on the grassy plains of the continents, where sedentary agriculture was extremely difficult.
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What were the rights of women in the nomadic societies?
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Belonged to paternalistic societies as strong as any sedentary societies.
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What are examples of contacts between sedentary and nomadic peoples?
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Acceptance of eachother and each other's ways of life
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