Early Civilizations (to 500 BCE)

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Mesopotamia

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3000 BCE, mud brick buildings near Tigris and Euphrades rivers. Sumerian people lived in the south, writing form and lunar calendar. Polytheistic

Form of socialism included grain storage which allowed those with jobs to take out proportional amounts of grain

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Civilization

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Defining characteristics:

1. Political order and power
2. Class differentiation &a job specialization
3. City design and building projects
4. Religious centers
5. Writing systems
6. Agricultural surplus

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Hanmurabis code

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Mesopotamian law code based on an eye for an eye with lower classes receiving stricter punishment

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Cuneiform

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Writing system of Mesopotamia

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Egypt

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3000 BCE near the nile l, writing using hieroglyphics, began in 3100 when King Menes united lower and upper Egypt

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Old kingdom (Egypt)

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3100 BCE to 2200 BCE, started by Menes. Known for pyramids

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Middle Kingdom (Egypt)

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2100 BCE to 1640 BCE, began under king Thebes and known for art ideas and literature . Torn apart by Hykos

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New kingdom (Egypt)

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United in 1580 BCE, ended in 1070 century BCE, known for architectural achievement

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Metallurgy

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Metals began with copper then bronze then iron

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Indus River Valley civilization

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Situated in flood plain of indus and sawardi rivers, 2X a year flooding. Flourished 3,000 BCE
Trade With Mesopotamia, largest ancient civilization

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Harappa & mohengo

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Two most well known cities of Indus River valley civilization

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The epic of Gilgamesh

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Epic poem of Mesopotamia

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Hammurabi

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Ruled Babylon from 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE –created hamaraubis law code

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Neo-Asyrian empire

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911 BCE - 612 BCE
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ashur
First empire