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Religion

Religion. most were polytheistic temples worship ceremonies, usually involving crop or animal sacrifice. Job Specialization. people become experts in certain trades Artisans and craftsmen needed to maintain city infrastructure potters , masons, metalworkers, carvers, scribes. Writing.

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Religion

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  1. Religion • most were polytheistic • temples • worship ceremonies, usually involving crop or animal sacrifice

  2. Job Specialization • people become experts in certain trades • Artisans and craftsmen needed to maintain city infrastructure • potters, masons, metalworkers, carvers, scribes

  3. Writing • Evolved out of a need to keep records • Logographic-Use symbols to represent entire words.

  4. Art and Architecture • Express beliefs and values of a civilization • Used to show beauty of a society or power of a ruler.

  5. Organized Central Government • Evolved out of a need to maintain and expand the food supply, maintain order, and provide for defense. • Rulers often are also religious figures

  6. Social Classes • hierarchy of status in society • Priests and rulers on top • merchants and artisans in the middle • farmers and slaves on the bottom

  7. Public Works • projects meant to benefit the city or “public” • Ordered by ruler, built using taxes and often forced labor • irrigation canals, defensive walls, roads, baths

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