1. The Five Features of a Civilization
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2. What are the basic features of a civilization?

3. Pneumonic Device Ants Can’t Take Slick Rice Advanced Cities
Complex Institutions (government, religion)
Take
Technology
Slick
Specialized workers
Rice
Record Keeping

4. Advanced Cities In order to be considered a city it must have:
1. Large population
2. Must be a center of TRADE

5. Specialized Workers
Specialization- the development of skills needed for one to do a specific kind of work.
Teachers, Scribes, farmers, artisans

6. Complex Institutions
Institution – a long lasting pattern of organization in a community such as
Government
Religion
Economy

7. Record Keeping Needed to keep track of dates, records, and laws.
Needed for writing.
Scribes were people who used writing to keep records.
Cuneiform (“wedge shaped” was created in Sumer and was the 1st system of writing.

8. Technology
New tools and techniques that solve problems and make life easier

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