Civilization

Civilization & Change Environmental Changes  People depended on their environment  Rain & fertile soil  Timber, stone, and metals

Civilization & Change Environmental Changes  Drastic events (volcanoes, over farming etc….)  Adapted to the environment  Traded for needed resources

Let’s Move to the City To farm more land and produce extra crops, people in larger villages built irrigation systems. This freed people up to learn new skills -pottery -metal objects -woven cloth

Civilization & Change Interactions Among People  Cultural diffusion  spread of ideas, customs, and technology from one people to another  Famine, drought, and disasters  led people to migrate  People shared and adapted customs  Trade  new goods/better production methods

Civilization & Change Interactions Among People  Shared religious beliefs  Warfare  assimilation  conquerors forced their way of life upon the people they defeated  adapt  conquerors adopted the ways of the conquered peoples  Sharing technology and ideas  Bronze working & writing

Paleolithic v. Neolithic (Religious Beliefs) (200,000 years ago) v. (8000 BCE – 3400BCE) During the Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age religious beliefs centered around: -Nature -animal spirits -an afterlife During the Neolithic (New Stone) Age, beliefs shifted to: -nature gods and goddess

Neolithic Age (culture) Developed Agriculture Domesticated Plants Domesticated Animals Used advanced tools Made Pottery Developed Weaving Skills

Where they Civilized? First Civilization rose in SUMER (now modern day Iraq) Civilization had 5 characteristics: 1. Advanced cities/(cities) 2. Specialized Workers (job specialization) 3. Complex Institutions (organized governments) 4. Record Keeping (writing) 5. Advanced Technology (arts & architecture/public works)