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Civilization

Civilization. Chapter 1.3 *If taking notes in notebook, skip 1 page. The Standard of Ur - front. Standard of Ur - back. Review. Tools, farming, and animal domestication instead of hunting and gathering = more efficient Why bother hunting and gathering?! Let’s form a village!.

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Civilization

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  1. Civilization Chapter 1.3 *If taking notes in notebook, skip 1 page

  2. The Standard of Ur - front

  3. Standard of Ur - back

  4. Review • Tools, farming, and animal domestication instead of hunting and gathering = more efficient • Why bother hunting and gathering?! Let’s form a village!

  5. How did villages grow into cities? • People settled in areas which they could farm and raise animals easily • They used tools to increase food production • e.g., hoes, sickles, plow sticks

  6. Hoe for moving earth

  7. Sickle for chopping grain

  8. Plow sticks for loosening earth

  9. What changes occurred when people began living in villages? • Social -- social classes formed • Political -- laws and governments formed • Interaction w/ environment (Iw/E) -- built irrigation systems to produce more food • Culture -- believed in gods & goddesses, art & pottery created • Economic -- new jobs emerged, food surpluses, trade with other villages using wheels & sails (travel)

  10. Where was the first civilization? • Sumer in Mesopotamia

  11. What is a civilization? • Advanced cities • Specialized workers • Complex institutions • Record keeping • Advanced technology

  12. What is an advanced city? • An important trading place

  13. What are specialized workers? • If farmers are making LOTS of food, not everyone needs to be a farmer • People can take other jobs • e.g., artists, traders, government officials

  14. What are complex institutions? • Ways of organizing a community • e.g., Church, government, economy

  15. What might happen if a large community had no way of organizing its people? Quick write - 2 min

  16. What is record keeping? • Record community information to stay organized • e.g., tax collection records, laws, storage of grain, calendar of religious rituals, who owes who money • Writing was invented • Sumerians wrote in cuneiform

  17. Cuneiform

  18. What is improved technology? • Irrigation • Pottery • Melted metal to make tools

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