Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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1:07 PM
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a- The two major subdivisions of the nervous system are
1- Central nervous system
2- Peripheral nervous system
B- The name for a nerve cell is - Neurons
C- The two structures that make up the central nervous system are the brain and spinal cord
D- The brain weighs 3 pounds
C- There are about 100 billion nerve cells in the brain
D- The whale has the biggest brain
E- The lizard has the smallest brain
f- Brain size does not correlate to intelligence
G- The Cerebral cortex is located on the top of the brain
H- The one area of the brain that is responsible for memory and learning is - The Hippocampus
I- The four major lobes of the brain are: frontal Lobe, temporal lobe, partial lobe occipital lobe
j- Two functions that are dominant on the left side of the brain are - Math and Logic
k- The right side of the brain - music and face recognition
L- The structure that connects the right and left cerebral hemisphere is - the Corpus callous
M- The Left side of the brain Controls language in most people
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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10:43 AM
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In Mesopotamia farmers settled and adapted to the uncertain environment of the river plain. The first of these peoples to produce written records were the Sumerians. Some Sumerian towns grew into city states composed of an urban center that ruled the surrounding agricultural land. At first the primary leaders of these states were priests, but they gave way to kings who assumed all manner of religious, administrative, legal, and military responsibilities.
Mesopotamia developed sharp social divisions that were reflected in the Class bases penalties set down in the Law Code of Hammurabi.
Law Code of Hammurabi: is a well preserved ancient law Code, created ca 1790 in ancient Babylon it was enacted by the Sixth Babylon king Hammurabi. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today in the Akkadian language.
Mesopotamia religion involved gods that embodied the uncertain forces of the environment, and the people strove to appease those gods through public, state organized religion focused on temple precincts maintained by privets. To transform the natural environment and human Society, the Mesopotamia developed various technologies, including the Cuneiform writing System, irrigation, bronze casting and technologies, for producing monumental architecture.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
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9:32 AM
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Mesopotamia was settled, and conquered, by numerous ancient Civilizations. Mesopotamia was home to some of the oldest major ancient civilizations, including the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians. In 5000 BC, the Sumerians arrived in Mesopotamia. The Semites arrived in 2900 BC and by 2000 BC they had mixed peacefully with the Sumerians and had assumed political dominance. The mitanni were an eastern Indo European people belonging to the linguistic satem group who settled in northern Mesopotamia circa 1600 BC South East of Turkey and by circa 1450 BC established a medium size empire east, north and west, and temporarily made tributary vassals out of kings in the west, even as for as kafti and making them a major Threat for the pharaoh.
The word Mesopotamia is in origin a Greek name mesos middle and Potamos River so land between the rivers Civilization developed in Mesopotamia simultaneously with Egypt and the two are often called the fertile crescent. The Fertile Crescent is a rich food growing area in a part of the world where most of the land is too dry for farming. The Fertile Crescent begins on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and curves around like a quarter moon to the Persian gulf.
The Greeks later called this region Mesopotamia, which means between the rivers. Many different civilizations developed in this small region. First came the Sumerians, who were replaced in turn by the Assyrians and the Babylonians. Mesopotamia is famous for the site of some of the oldest civilizations in the world.
Early civilizations first developed in Mesopotamia over six thousand years ago. Some of the first cities were established, a writing system was developed, empires were created and monumental buildings were constructed.
As each new group of people moved into the region, or took control of the government, they adopted some of the culture. Therefore, certain aspect of civilization in Mesopotamia remained the same, and some changed over time.
Much of Mesopotamian history lay buried beneath the sand and soil for thousands of years. However, there were clues, such as the mounds known as tells and the ruins of ziggurats, that treasures lay below the surface. In the past two hundred years, people have begun to excavate objects and buildings which reveal the ancient history of this region.
Writings from Mesopotamia uruk. modern warka are among the earliest known in the world, giving Mesopotamia a reputation of being the Cradle of Civilization.
It is said that Mesopotamia was the place of the legendary Garden of Eden.
Mesopotamia does not refer to any particular civilization. Over the course of several millennia, many civilizations developed, collapsed, and were replaced in this region including the Sumerians - Akkadians - Babylonians and Assyrians.
Mesopotamia had no natural boundaries and was difficult to defend. The influence of neighboring counties is large. Throughout the history of Mesopotamia trade contacts, slow diffusion of foreign tribes and military confrontations had been of great influence.
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