Antecedents Flashcards
development of this led to farming.
Irrigation
are more populated than villages.
is a complex and has a highly organized social order.
Civilization
THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS (4)
- Ur and Uruk
- Memphis
- Mohenjo Daro
- Anyang
7 CHARACTERTISTICS OF CIVILIZATIONS
- Developed Cities
- Organized Governments
- Formalized Religion
- Job Specialization or Division of Labor
- Social Classes
- Record Keeping and Writing
- Arts and Architecture
a civilization formed on the banks of Tigris and Euphrates River.
Mesopotamia
4 MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION
- Sumerian
- Akkadian
- Assyrian
- Babylon
first ever recognized form of civilization in Mesopotamia.
Sumerian
5 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUMERIANS
- Wheel
- Sail
- Cuneiform
- Great Ziggurat of Ur
- Polytheistic
a system of writing. Utilized word pictures carved on clay.
Cuneiform
is the mountain of God. Served as the sacred place of their God.
Great Ziggurat of Ur
Sumerian religion.
Polytheistic
establish the world’s first dynastic empire.
Sargon of Akkad
came into power after the collapse of the Akkadian empire.
Assyrian
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASSYRIAN (4)
- Locks and keys,
- Paved roads,
- Plumbing
- Sexagesimal clock
the beginning of the way we tell time.
Sexagesimal clock