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Civilization & Mesopotamia

Civilization & Mesopotamia . Early Civilizations. What is civilization?. The most advanced stage of human social development and organization. Characteristics of Civilizations . Advanced Cities Large group living together Trading center . Characteristics of Civilizations .

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Civilization & Mesopotamia

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  1. Civilization& Mesopotamia

  2. Early Civilizations

  3. What is civilization? The most advanced stage of human social development and organization

  4. Characteristics of Civilizations • AdvancedCities • Large group living together • Trading center

  5. Characteristics of Civilizations • SpecializedWorkers • Develop skills in a specific kind of work (trader or priest)

  6. Characteristics of Civilizations • ComplexInstitutions • Long-lasting pattern of organization in a community • Examples: • Religion • Government • Economy

  7. Characteristics of Civilizations • RecordKeeping • System of writing • Taxes, laws, religious rituals • Scribes – professional record keepers

  8. Characteristics of Civilizations • AdvancedTechnology • Anything that makes life easier

  9. Example of Civilization: Sumer

  10. Civilizations of MesopotamiaFertile Crescent, “land between the rivers”People: Sumerians

  11. Geography • Tigris & Euphrates Rivers • Annual flooding • Silt

  12. Government • City-state: city & surrounding area functioning as a country does today • Priests head government 3,000 BCE • Kings head government 2,500 BCE • Create Dynasties - series of rulers under one family Ziggurat – walled temple

  13. Government: Forming Empires • 1stempire: brings together several independent peoples, nations, or states • Babylonian – Babylon (2000 - 539 BCE)

  14. Laws • Hammurabi’s Code • Hammurabi (Babylonian King) • 1792-1750 BCE • Unified code of laws • Oldest known legal system

  15. Religion • Polytheism: many gods • Ziggurats

  16. Society/Culture Sumerian Social Hierarchy

  17. Society/Culture • Arithmetic, Geometry • Helped in building projects • Architecture • Arches, columns, ramps, pyramid shape • Cuneiform • Writing system • Pictograph – symbols stand for words

  18. Cuneiform

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