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1 ORIGIN OF CULTURES

2 What is the dominant continent?
Why didn’t the American Indian colonize Europe?

3 Major Axes of Continents

4 7 million BC Migration of Humans

5 500,000 BC 1 million BC 7 million BC Migration of Humans

6 Migration of Humans 7 million BC 1 million BC 500,000 BC 20,000 BC

7

8 Origin of Food Production

9 Horse, sheep, goats, cows, pigs
None ( BC) None Llama None Spread of Domesticated Animals

10 Spread of Technology & Language
Wheel (3000BC) Writing (1500 BC) Spread of Technology & Language

11 WEST EAST

12 WEST EAST WEST WEST WEST

13 4 Billion 736 Million 535 Million 18 million World Population

14 Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures
East/West axis Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

15 Many suitable wild species Ease of species spreading
East/West axis Many suitable wild species Ease of species spreading Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

16 Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures
East/West axis Many suitable wild species Ease of species spreading Many domesticated plants & animals Horses Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

17 Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures
East/West axis Many suitable wild species Ease of species spreading Many domesticated plants & animals Food surpluses (leisure) Horses Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

18 Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures
East/West axis Many suitable wild species Ease of species spreading Many domesticated plants & animals Food surpluses (leisure) Large, dense, sedentary, stratified societies Horses Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

19 Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures
East/West axis Many suitable wild species Ease of species spreading Many domesticated plants & animals Food surpluses (leisure) Large, dense, sedentary, stratified societies Technology Governments Writing Org. Religion Horses Guns Steel Ships Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

20 Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures
East/West axis Many suitable wild species Ease of species spreading Many domesticated plants & animals Food surpluses (leisure) Large, dense, sedentary, stratified societies Technology Governments Writing Org. Religion Horses Diseases Guns Steel Ships Factors Leading to Creation of Major Cultures

21 Indo-European Languages Three dominant mega cultures
Sino-Tibetan Elamo-Dravidian Three dominant mega cultures

22 Three dominant religions
Judeo-Christian Daoism Buddism Muslim Hindu Three dominant religions

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