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Unit 3 First Civilizations Neolithic Characteristics domesticated animals used for work All of these farming things together led specialized jobs to the larger populations emergence of permanent settlements civilizations etc. Civilization complex societies with cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system For example, Mesopotamia First Civilizations “First Civilizations” Use this entire space, so make it big and bold. First Civilizations/River Valleys City-States Religion Sumerian Society Education & Technology Writing/Literature Sargon vs. Hammurabi Fertile Crescent Fertile? Crescent? Fertile + Crescent = I can locate the Fertile Crescent. First Civilizations/River Valleys arose in river valleys good farming conditions = easy to feed large numbers of people fish and fresh water easy to travel and trade Writing & Literature Sumerians developed writing to keep track of business deals and other events Cuneiform Scribes Epic of Gilgamesh Epic? Gilgamesh? Sargon Sargon and the Akkadians conquered all of Mesopotamia and set up the world’s first empire Empire = group of many lands under one ruler Sargon’s empire lasted more than 200 Hammurabi Babylon was a small, powerful city-state in Mesopotamia Hammurabi became king after his father, and he began conquering cities to the north and south Built another empire that became more powerful then Sargon’s =
