1. Fertile Crescent

6. Tigris River & Euphrates River

7. Ruins at Uruk

8. Ziggurat

9. Ziggurat at Ur

10. Challenges in creating a civilization
Building Materials?
Climate?
Challenges for farming?

11. Irrigation

12. SURPLUS FOOD PRODUCTION…
…means that not everyone has to grow food or tend animals. They can take on other tasks. They can specialize in some non-farming task.
                                                                 

13. Domestication of Plants and Animals
Farming
Population
Intensification
Surplus Food
Specialization
Complex Society,
also known as
CIVILIZATION

14. Requirements of a Civilization
Cities / Geography
Government / Leadership
Religion
Record Keeping / Writing
Social Classes
Specialization of Jobs
Trade / Economy
Archeology / Art / Architecture
Time Line / Important Events
Legacy (What is their contribution to the world)