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UNB/Year 5/Semester 1/HIST1001/In class notes.md

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 - Negative stereotypes, assumptions about servitude
 - Iberian world: growing racial concepts, blood purity
 - Political, religious and "natural" justifications for slavery
+# Ancient History
+## Intro
+Where and when are we?
+- When does history begin
+- From neanderthals to cities
+- What is writing
+- Invention of cuneiform
+- Decipherable
+- Early Mesopotamian history
+- Cuneiform and the writing of history
+- Reflections on the origins of writing
+How are history and memory connected?
+### Ways of knowing - History
+- History is recovered through a variety of methods
+- These methods have changed over the years
+- How and what can we write about history is wholly dependent on these methods
+- Same as other fields (i.e. electron microscope)
+- These are intrinsic and extrinsic factors
+	- Intrinsic: Evolution of scaly fish? (We didn't do anything, happened on its own?)
+	- Extrinsic: Developed a technology, and now we can know more (i.e. electron microscope)?
+Cave painting is it history?
+- Knew how to draw on walls
+- Elk?
+Egyptian scripture is it history?
+- Status
+- Ramses document
+- Kings
+- People in document
+Problems
+- Only have documents of debatable importance (important stuff presumed to be used?)
+- Artifacts and documents unavailable due to restrictions like people living there still, or natural factors
+- Dangerous locations prevent research, or too expensive now
+- Or it just plain doesn't exist anymore (Ziggurat)
+So what can we do
+- Look for places where we can eek out some pieces of history
+### How do we divide time
+- Prehistory vs history
+- Three age system
+	- Stone age
+	- Bronze age
+	- Iron Age
+- BP (before present)
+- Others?