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Bellringer. What characteristics define the ancient river valley civilizations? Do the Olmec & Chavin fit these characteristics? How? How not? Chronology? Location? Government? Economy? Social structures? Religion? Why are they similar? Different?. Olmec. 1200-400 BCE. Chavin.

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Bellringer

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  1. Bellringer • What characteristics define the ancient river valley civilizations? • Do the Olmec & Chavin fit these characteristics? How? How not? • Chronology? Location? Government? Economy? Social structures? Religion? • Why are they similar? Different?

  2. Olmec • 1200-400 BCE

  3. Chavin

  4. Comparing River Valley Civilizations History is about questions and thinking critically to answer those questions!

  5. India & China? • Less is known due to gaps in scholarship • India • Harappa, cities • Traded with Mesopotamia & Central Asia • China • Xia & others before Shang? • Most isolated but still traded • Rigidly patriarchal • Only sons capable of venerating ancestors • Lacking a male heir was regarded as a crime against the ancestors

  6. Mesopotamia & Egypt • Primary source documents

  7. Document Questions ♦What is the basis of the a king’s legitimacy in Mesopotamia? ♥How would you characterize Mesopotamia religion and afterlife? ♣What is the relationship between the gods and humankind? ♠What are the principles of justice in Mesopotamia according to the code?

  8. Share Readings • Main Idea; Thought-provoking Quote; Issue in Document/Question • Read “The Occupations of Old Egypt” and accompanying “Be a Scribe.” • What might historians learn from this text about the jobs and social structure of Egypt?

  9. Comparisons

  10. Group Analysis As a group, • Analyze the similarities and differences between Mesopotamia and Egypt. • Consider social issues, economies, governments, purpose of literature & architecture, etc

  11. Mesopotamia

  12. Fertile Crescent

  13. Cuneiform

  14. Urbanization “The urbanization process as such in Mesopotamia is totally beyond our reach . . . . It is true that cities rose here and there around royal residences, trading settlements (ports of trade), wells, and certain sanctuaries, but nowhere do we find such an agglomeration of urban settlements as in southern Babylonia—and so early in history at that. In this dark and remote period originated the basic attitude of Mesopotamian civilization toward the city as a social phenomenon. This attitude is one of unconditional acceptance of the city as the one and only communal organization. . . .”

  15. City-States

  16. Ziggurats

  17. Hammurabi

  18. Women

  19. Trade

  20. Egypt

  21. Nile River Valley

  22. Pyramids

  23. Afterlife

  24. Women

  25. Trade

  26. Closure Write an “AP” thesis statement in response to: • Analyze the similarities and differences in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.

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