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Early Civilizations. Guided Lecture. Where:. The first civilizations formed where Farming started. These locations provided several things needed to make a civilization successful. Water:. Fresh water Rivers Fishing, Irrigation Travel Trade protection. Protection:.
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Early Civilizations Guided Lecture
Where: • The first civilizations formed where Farming started. • These locations provided several things needed to make a civilization successful.
Water: • Fresh water • Rivers • Fishing, • Irrigation • Travel • Trade • protection
Protection: • From climate, invaders • Walls • Big river • Mountains • Ditches • Lakes • Seas
Resources: • Water • fertile soil • Fairly flat • Trees • Stone • Ore (metals)
Some early civilizations were: Egypt, located along the Nile Valley,
Sumeria and Babalonia, located in Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates Valleys),
In the Indus Valley, • and the Shang civilization in China
When: • People begin to become sedentary (Stay where they are). • The earliest civilizations began around 7-9 KYA
Civilization: • To have a successful civilization requires the following four ingredients:
1. Specialization of Labor: • there are a variety of jobs and roles for men, women and children, • some with more power and wealth than others.
Specialization of Labor: • The ruling class • the most wealthy and powerful. • Merchants, artisans and government officials • small, fairly well-off group.
Specialization of Labor: • peasants or poor farmers. • Slaves, • usually war captives, • also included children sold to cover debts. • In some societies (Egypt, Sumeria) women could own property and hold official jobs.