Vocabulary
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Surplus (pg 121)
Environment (pg 122) Domesticate (pg 123) Agriculture (pg 125) Shrine (pg 129) Self-sufficient (pg 130) Irrigation (pg 136) Famine (pg 137) Ziggurat (pg 138) |
Civilization (pg 140)
Plateau (pg 150) Plain (pg 151) City-state (pg 152) Administrator (pg 154) Artisan (pg 155) Epic (pg 156) Nomad (pg 157) Monotheism (pg |
Polytheism (pg 158)
Pictograph (pg 160) Cuneiform (pg 160) Scribe (pg 161) Empire (pg 169) Code (pg 172) Astronomer (pg 179) Exile (pg 178) |
Unit Overview
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Five Features of a Civilization
1) Stable Food Supply 2) Division of Labor 3) System of Government 4) Social Levels 5) Highly developed culture that includes art, architecture, religion, music & law. They also, frequently, have developed their own systems of writing |
4 Features of a City
1) Planning & Leadership 2) Specialized Workers 3) Social Levels level 1: government officials, priests & soldiers level 2: farmers, laborers, teachers, craftsmen level 3: slaves 4) Trade |
Rise of Cities
1) Early farming societies led to ... 2) Improved farming methods, which led to ... 3) Surplus goods, which led to ... 4) Population growth, permanent settlements and specialized labor, which led to ... 5) The first major cities like Çatal Hüyük |
REVIEW Questions
1) Why do dogs and cats often live only a short time when abandoned in the woods or cities by their owners?
2) What is obsidian and how is it formed? What would the people of Çatal Hüyük do with it?
3) Why Do you think Çatal Hüyük houses only had rooftop entries?
4) How did the Euphrates river help Ur's development?
5) Why was trade vital to the city of Ur?
6) Kish was a city-state. How was it governed? What was its relationship to other city-states?
7) What were the Sumerian contributions in the areas of government, religion, and education?
8) Explain how achievements in technology and communication helped to advance long-distance trade.
9) How did three great rulers build and maintain empires in Mesopotamia?
10) How were the New Assyrian and New Babylonian empires alike, and how were they different?
2) What is obsidian and how is it formed? What would the people of Çatal Hüyük do with it?
3) Why Do you think Çatal Hüyük houses only had rooftop entries?
4) How did the Euphrates river help Ur's development?
5) Why was trade vital to the city of Ur?
6) Kish was a city-state. How was it governed? What was its relationship to other city-states?
7) What were the Sumerian contributions in the areas of government, religion, and education?
8) Explain how achievements in technology and communication helped to advance long-distance trade.
9) How did three great rulers build and maintain empires in Mesopotamia?
10) How were the New Assyrian and New Babylonian empires alike, and how were they different?
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