Ch. 6 Commonalities vs. Variations

Ch. 6 Commonalities vs. Variations

The civilizations discussed in Ch. 6 include: the Niger River Cities, the Teotihuacan people, the Bantu migrations and the Pacific Islands.

• The Niger River Cities:
• look similar to the Indus Valley.
• Many of these civilizations went without a declared governmental structure.
• Each civilization had their own specially designed economy, and they also traded between one another.
• Men and women were seen as equals.
• No proof of social hierarchy similar just like the Indus Valley.

• Teotihuacan:

• Was the largest urban complex in the Americas at this time, and also the 6th largest in the world.
• Street of the Dead, where the homes of all the elite people could be found, many temples and pyramids.
• The Teotihuacan people would trade amongst themselves in their own cosmopolitan centers.
• They rarely interacted or socialized with outsiders.

• Bantu Migration:

• The Bantu Migration was made up of the Bantu people who spoke the Bantu dialect in Africa.
• This migration was essential and necessary because it was the beginning of the transformation from foragers to farmers.

• Pacific Islands:

• Because of the great distances between peoples; this created a number of variations.
• In the Pacific Islands, there are over 100 dialects being spoken.
• The societies were made up of many small villages.
• The islands faced many weaknesses such as poor ecosystems.
• Pacific Islanders were known to farm but relied more heavily on seafood.