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Geodiversity and Cultural Diversity: Current Public Issues in Physical Science
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.
- Author
- Likwan Cheng
- Publisher
- City Colleges of Chicago
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 34 sections
- 01: Perspective - Geodiverisity Breeds Cultural Diversity
- 1.01: Reading Media
- 02: Maize Monoculture on Drained Savannas in Pre-Hispanic Amazonia 700 BP
- 2.01: Reading Media
- 2.02: Classroom Activity
- 2.03: Assignment
- 03: Watery Rituals on Mississippi Floodplain in Pre-Columbian America 1000 BP
- 3.01: Reading Media
- 3.02: Classroom Activity
- 3.03: Assignment
- 04: Self-Healing Concrete for Aqueduct in Imperial Rome 2000 BP
- 4.01: Reading Media
- 4.02: Classroom Activity
- 4.03: Assignment
- 05: Water Filtration with Microporous Minerals in Preclassic Maya 2100 BP
- 5.01: Reading Media
- 5.02: Classroom Activity
- 5.03: Assignment
- 06: Irrigation Canals for Agriculture in Euphrates-Era Mesopotamia 3000 BP
- 6.01: Reading Media
- 6.02: Classroom Activity
- 6.03: Assignment
- 07: Cuneiform Writing on River Clays in Old Babylonia 3800 BP
- 7.01: Reading Media
- 7.02: Classroom Activity
- 7.03: Assignment
- 08: Pyramid Building Along Nile Branch in Kingdoms-Era Egypt 4500 BP
- 8.01: Reading Media
- 8.02: Classroom Activity
- 8.03: Assignment
- 09: Rice Farming on Yangtze Delta in Predynastic China 5100 BP
- 9.01: Reading Media
- 9.02: Classroom Activity
- 9.03: Assignment