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Civilization…
it’s not just a
made-up word
anymore
Some good words to
know
• nomad – people who wander
from place to place with no
permanent settlements
• hunter-gatherer – nomadic
groups who depend on hunting
animals and collecting plant
foods
Farm-Aid (8,000 B.C.)
• Neolithic (agricultural)
Revolution – Cro-Magnon
women accidentally plant
crops – beginning of farming
• Which leads to… ?
Where’s Guns ‘n Roses?!?
• slash-and-burn
farming – cut
plants and
burn them to
clear a field
–Only good
for 1 or 2
years
Moo, I say, • domestication
– taming of
Moo
animals
–Horses,
dogs, goats,
pigs, sheep,
camels, etc.
Finally… Civilization!
• 5 characteristics
1)Advanced cities
2)Specialized workers
3)Complex institutions
4)Record keeping
5)Advanced technology
Ur… Ur… OH YEAH!
• Largest city in
Sumer on
Euphrates
River
• ziggurat –
large temple
in center of
city
What-a what?
• Fertile Crescent – rich land
between Persian Gulf and
Mediterranean Sea
• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
surround Mesopotamia
• Flooding leaves silt
• Irrigation – bringing water to
fields
City-state… isn’t that
that thing?
• Priests control, pushed out
by monarchs who establish
dynasties
• Cultural diffusion – new idea
spreading from one culture
to another
Empire, baby, yeah!
• First empire
built by
Sargon
• From
Mediterranean
coast to Iran
• Only 200 years
Babylon fish…
translates everything!
• Babylonian
empire peaked
under
Hammurabi
• What is
Hammurabi
famous for?