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Foundational Complex Societies
Tigris-Euphrates
Valley (Sumer &
Mesopotamia)
Nile Valley
(Egypt)
Indus Valley
(Harrapan)
China
(Shang Dynasty)
Mesoamerica
(Olmec)
South American
(Moche)
Mediterranean
(Minoan Crete)
Cities
Ur
Kush
Babylon
Giza
Cairo
Memphis
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
Zhengzhou
Agricultural villages
 Cities
Capitol City
(Chan Chan)
Knossos
Mycenae
Central Governments
& Law codes
Code of Hammurabi
-1st law code
-social classes not
equal
City-States
Regulated
trade/taxes
Pharaoh- god king
-theocracy
City-States
Emperor  dynasty
Warlords
Bureaucracy
Chiefs
Priests
Theocracy
City-states
City-states (island)
Centralized
government
Writing & Record
Keeping
Cuneiform
-1st written lang
-pictograph
Wealthy
Papyrus
Hieroglyphics
-pictographs
Symbolic writing
-undeciphered
Standard
measurment
Oracle bones
Pictograms
Written glyphs
Calendars
No writing system
-artistic legacy
Linear A
Specialized Jobs
King/elite
Priests
Merchants/artisans
Miners/farmers
Free commoners
slaves
same
Pharaoh
Priests
Artisans/merchants
Metal workers
Engineers
Farmers/slaves
Same
King/elite
Priests/warriors
Artisans/craftsmen
Farmers
Emperor
Warriors
Merchants/Artisans
Farmers
Slaves
Fishermen
Hunters
Gathers
Traders
Metal workers
Slaves
same
Farmers
Priests
Warriors
King
Miners
Sculptors
King
Priests/Warriors
Artisans/Merchants
Farmers/Miners
Peasants/Slaves
King
Warriors
Metal workers/
Craftsmen
Farmers
Tax collectors
Merchants
Sailors
Pottery
Jewelry makers
Fishermen
King
Admin.
Sailors/Warriors
Artisan/Merchants
Fishermen/Peasants
Complex
Technologies
Bronze Workers
Irrigation systems
Ziggurat-temple for
worship
Irrigation system
Pyramids
mummification
Brick making
Sewage system
City Planning
Bronze Weapons
BRONZE, gold, tin
metallurgy
Chariots
Drainage system
Ceremonial pyramids
Textiles
Pottery
Ceramics
Irrigation System
Lavish Palaces
Advanced boating
Indoor plumbing
Mining
Highly Organized
Religions
Polytheistic
Polytheistic
Polytheistic
Ancestor Veneration
Polytheistic
Religious holidays
Human sacrifice
Temple of the Sun
Polytheistic
Human sacrifice
Polytheistic
-Minotaur
(Bull)
Social Classes