Other Topics for Period 1
Record Keeping Systems of record keeping arose independently in all early civilizations and subsequently were diffused. Not all systems were written!
Quipu
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Pictographs
Literature was a REFLECTION of culture. Epic of Gilgamesh Being a good ruler Facing death/coming to terms with it Social and gender hierarchies intensified as states expanded and cities multiplied. List an example in your notebook please!:
Trade “Back in the Day” Moves from local to REGIONAL & TRANSREGIONAL Egypt and Nubia trade (from your reading homework!) Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Focus is on luxury goods and started about 3000 BCE