Download Evidence of Complex Society

Name ________________
Evidence of Complex Society
Directions:
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Base this list on information in the Big Era Three PowerPoint Overview Presentation: Farming and the
Emergence of Complex Society.
Tasks will be divided, and you will look up information that will help them fill in the chart below. Refer to
the map attached for information on the location of early complex societies.
Look for specific examples for each category of information on the chart (writing system, monumental
construction, form of government, and so on). You will share your information with the whole group. You
may use whatever sources are available: textbooks, PowerPoint, and on-line resources.
TigrisEuphrates
Valley
(Sumer in
Mesopotamia)
Cities
Central
governments
and law
codes
Writing and
recordkeeping
Specialized
jobs
Social
classes
Complex
technologies
Highly
organized
religions
Nile Valley
(Egypt)
Indus Valley
(Harrapan in
India)
China
(Shang
dynasty)
Mesoamerica
(Olmec)
South America
(Moche
civilization)
Mediterranean
(Minoan)
Name ________________
Early Complex Societies
Minoan
Crete
Sumer
Shang
Olmec
Egypt
Harappan
Moche