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Where did civilizations come from?

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result of neolithic revolution,

communities evolved in to complex societies

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What are the five characteristics of civilization

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Advanced cities, Specialized Workers, Complex Institutions, Record Keeping, and Improved technology

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What are the cradles of civilization

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places where people began to settle, grow crops, and start villages ( Civilization )
Most of these areas were in river valleys

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Jericho

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Found in ancient Palestine near the Dead sea

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Catal Huyuk

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Found in Anatolia ( Modern day Turkey)

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Stonehenge

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monument begun in the Neolithic age and finished in the bronze age

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Mesopotamia

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Land between the rivers, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (fertile crescent)

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Lifestyle and Agriculture of Mesopotamia

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Rich Soil and a lot of crops led to the development of civilization

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Regions of Mesopotamia

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Sumer was the first civilization in Mesopotamia

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Advanced Cities in Mesopotamia

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cities- Ur, Uruk, and Eridu

high city walls

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Specialized Workers in Mesopotamia

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Priests
warriors
scribes

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Complex institutions in mesopotamia

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polytheism
city states
ziggurats

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improved technology in Mesopotamia

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wheel

bronze

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record keeping in Mesopotamia

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cuneiform
epic of gilgamesh
code of hammurabi

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Ancient Egypt is known as the

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gift of the nile

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geography of egypt

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located on the Nile river (Nile delta)
yearly flooding
natural barriers

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Advanced cities of egypt

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pyramids, sphinx

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religion in egypt

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polytheism(ra or re)
pharaoh
period of experiment with monotheism
closely tied to daily life

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specialized workers in egypt

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pharaoh,
priests
nobles
merchants
peasants
slaves
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improved technology in egypt

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mummification
calendar
area and volume
pyramids

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record keeping in egypt

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hieroglyphics
rosetta stone
papyrus

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Old kingdom

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pharaohs were god like and had absolute power, great pyramids were built

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Middle kingdom & new

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expansion, pharaoh with less power

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Decline

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defeated by romans

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Ramses

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sought to increase the size of the empire and went on many military conquests

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Indus barriers

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Himalayas and Hindu Kush

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Advanced cities Indus

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Mohenjo Daro, Harappa, grid like layout, citadel

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Religion Indus

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Polytheism

strong central authority

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Specialized workers indus

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government leaders
priests
farmers
engineers
merchants
scribes
toy makers
artists
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Improved technology Indus

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sewer system

precisely cut bricks

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Record keeping Indus

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based on pictograms

indecipherable

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Culture Indus

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limited social difference
prosperous (toys)
lack of weapons
animals were important

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decline Indus

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soil theory
climate change theory
river change theory

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geography China

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yangtze and yellow river
unpredictable flooding
natural barriers
little farm land

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advanced cities china

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Anyang city walls

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religion china

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polytheism, ancestor worship, oracle bones, dynastic cycle, feudalism

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Specialized workers china

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rulers, nobles, priests, warriors,

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Improved technology china

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coined money, iron, roads and canals

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shang society

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family centered to society, male dominated, strict social structure

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political system china

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dynasties rule
authority comes from gods
feudalism

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record keeping china

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1000’s of symbols

written language different from spoken language

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