Focus question: What do you think the world looked like in 4,000 BCE? In 4,000 BCE, I think the world looked like…

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Characteristics of Civilization and Mesopotamia

Re-Cap Neolithic Revolution was the development of ______________. agriculture/farming Once there was farming, humans began developing ________________. civilizations The first civilizations developed around __________. rivers

THE MAP OF 1ST CIVILIZATIONS

Characteristics of Civilization Civilization = a complex culture with 5 basic characteristics: S = Specialized workers C = Complex institutions A = Advanced cities A = Advanced technologies R = Record keeping

Specialized Workers Food surpluses allowed for specialization Development of skills in a specific kind of work One person does one job Examples: Priests, scribes, soldiers, government officials, farmers, artisans – skilled workers making goods by hand

Complex Institutions Institutions are long lasting patterns of organization in a community Government and laws Monarchy Empire Theocracy Hammurabi’s Code of Laws Religion Education Economy Barter

Advanced Cities A city is a large group of people living together Center of trade for a large area

Advanced Technology New tools and techniques developed to solve problems Wheel Pottery Plow Sailboat Bronze weapons and tools Calendar

Record Keeping Must have a written language Documents taxes, laws, calendars, and rituals Scribes – professional record keepers Cuneiform Heiroglyphs

Let’s check your knowledge: What characteristic do the following pictures show? Remember: Specialized workers Complex Institutions Advanced cities Advanced technology Record keeping

What characteristic does this belong to?

What characteristic does this belong to?

What characteristic does this belong to? Excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code: “If a man bring an accusation against a man, and charge him with a [capital] crime, but cannot prove it, he, the accuser, shall be put to death… If a man destroy the eye of another freeman, they shall destroy his eye… If one break a man’s bone, they shall break his bone… If a man knock out a tooth of a man of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth…”

What characteristic does this belong to? Ziggurat built for worship of gods

What characteristic does this belong to? These baskets were made by hand. People needed these items.

What characteristic does this belong to? These copper tools were made by hand

What characteristic does this belong to? Image of a scribe

What characteristic does this belong to?

Left-Side Processing Write a paragraph answering the following questions: If you were the founder and leader of a new modern-day civilization, what would be found in your civilization and what characteristic (SCAAR) would they fall under? What is the purpose of having each thing? Do you think these things make your civilization successful? Why or why not?