Geodiversity and Cultural Diversity: Current Public Issues in Physical Science

by Likwan Cheng

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Designed for "PHY SCI 107: Current Public Issues in Physical Science" and presented as excerpts of original scholarly texts, this book's eight learning objects explore ancient human cultural developments in geological contexts through the lens of 21st century discoveries, collectively demonstrating that Earth's geodiversity shaped the world's human cultural diversity.

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Publisher
City Colleges of Chicago
Subjects
Geosciences
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Acknowledgment
  6. Licensing
  7. Licensing
  8. 1: Perspective - Geodiversity Breeds Cultural Diversity
  9. 1.1: Reading/Media
  10. 2: Maize Monoculture on Drained Savannas in Pre-Hispanic Amazonia, 700 BP
  11. 2.1: Reading/Media
  12. 2.2: Classroom Activity
  13. 2.3: Assignment
  14. 3: Watery Rituals on Mississippi Floodplain in Pre-Columbian America, 1,000 BP
  15. 3.1: Reading/Media
  16. 3.2: Classroom Activity
  17. 3.3: Assignment
  18. 4: Self-Healing Concrete for Aqueduct in Imperial Rome, 2,000 BP
  19. 4.1: Reading/Media
  20. 4.2: Classroom Activity
  21. 4.3: Assignment
  22. 5: Water Filtration with Microporous Minerals in Preclassic Maya, 2,100 BP
  23. 5.1: Reading/Media
  24. 5.2: Classroom Activity
  25. 5.3: Assignment
  26. 6: Irrigation Canals for Agriculture in Euphrates-Era Mesopotamia, 3,000 BP
  27. 6.1: Reading/Media
  28. 6.2: Classroom Activity
  29. 6.3: Assignment
  30. 7: Cuneiform Writing on River Clays in Old Babylonia, 3,800 BP
  31. 7.1: Reading/Media
  32. 7.2: Classroom Activity
  33. 7.3: Assignment
  34. 8: Pyramid Building Along Nile Branch in Kingdoms-Era Egypt, 4,500 BP
  35. 8.1: Reading/Media
  36. 8.2: Classroom Activity
  37. 8.3: Assignment
  38. 9: Rice Farming on Yangtze Delta in Predynastic China, 5,100 BP
  39. 9.1: Reading/Media
  40. 9.2: Classroom Activity
  41. 9.3: Assignment
  42. Back Matter
  43. Index
  44. Glossary
  45. Detailed Licensing
  46. Detailed Licensing