1. AP World Review: Video #2: Agriculture and Pastoralism’s Impact On Human Societies (Key Concept 1.2, II, A-C)
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2. Impacts of Pastoralism and Agriculture
Increase in food supplies -> larger populations -> cities and civilizations
Because not everyone needed to farm, specialization of labor emerged:
Artisans - make pottery, cloth, weapons, tools
Merchants - traded goods
Warriors - protected cities
Scribes - instrumental in record keeping

3. Technological Innovations That Improved Societies
Pottery:
Fire-hardened clay could create pottery to store food and liquids
As early as 7000 B.C.E.
Wheels:
Helped increase trade and transportation
Travel further distances and connect more people
Sumerians made wheeled carts in 3000B.C.E. - diffused goods

4. Patriarchal Societies
What are they?
Societies in which men possess authority over women
Developed in both agrarian and pastoralist societies
Mesopotamia’s laws enforced patriarchy:
Divorce was easier for men than women
Egypt:
Although patriarchal, women had greater rights
Legal equals to men, could own property, sell land, have own wills, could divorce

5. Quick Recap Pastoralism - what is it?
Specialized labor and new classes that developed
Importance of pottery and the wheel for agricultural production, trade, and transportation
Patriarchal societies - what are they? Examples?

6. See You Back Here For Video #3: The First Urban Societies
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