1. Period I 8000-600BCE Review River Valley Civilizations

2. Second MAJOR change in human history after AGRICULTURE URBANIZATION! Cities! WHEREIN many of the joys and woes of humankind were first felt…

4. BUT outside of Afro-Eurasia…

5. Most early leaders though of as divine

6. Or as intermediaries to the gods

7. Technology gave some states the edge!

8. Early areas of state expansion & creation of empires

10. Pastoralists spread new weapons…

11. And modes of transportation

12. The RVCs built monumental architecture

13. And urban planning

14. And promoted arts and artisanship

15. They kept records

16. And developed legal codes

17. And had ruling bureaucracies

18. New religious beliefs emerged from them

19. And traded with each other