1. Other Topics for Period 1

2. Record Keeping
Systems of record keeping arose independently in all early civilizations and subsequently were diffused.
Not all systems were written!

3. Quipu

5. Hieroglyphics

7. Cuneiform

10. Pictographs

12. 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!:

14. 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