1. Global 9Name__________________ Mr. KruegerUnit 2 Notes Civilizations Civilization: Highly organized community with advanced elements of culture Elements that define a civilization Organized Government: written laws(rules), leaders, protection (police, military) Organized Economy: trade within a culture and with others, tokens of value (money), reliable food supply Urban Setting: many unrelated people living together in one large planned community Writing System: communication, record keeping, symbols to represent ideas Early Man Paleolithic Age: “Old” stone age; earliest period in human history – hunter/gatherer Africa: Where earliest humans lived Migration: moving from one place to another Neolithic Revolution: change from hunting and gathering to herding and farming Began farming and herding Began to live in permanent homes Extra time to think new ideas Began to specialize in jobs Communities began to grow and organized into civilizations River ValleyCivilizationImportant things to know NileEgyptian - Leader called Pharaoh (God King) - Built the Pyramids – tombs for the Pharaohs - Developed Hieroglyphics – picture-based writing Tigris and Euphrates Sumerian - Also called Mesopotamia - Located in the Fertile Crescent - Developed Cuneiform – wedge-shaped writing - First written laws: Code of Hammurabi IndusIndian - Two main cities – Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro – very well organized - Learned to weave cotton into cloth - Language still not translated Huang HeChinese - Writing symbols represented whole ideas - Called themselves The Middle Kingdom The Four Major River Valley Civilizations

2. Early Migration Patterns River Valley Civilizations Nile R. Great Rift Valley

3. Global 9Name__________________ Mr. KruegerUnit 2 Notes Civilizations Civilization: Elements that define a civilization Organized Government: Organized Economy: Urban Setting: Writing System: Early Man Paleolithic Age: Africa: Migration: Neolithic Revolution: Began farming and herding Began to live in permanent homes Extra time to think new ideas Began to specialize in jobs Communities began to grow and organized into civilizations River ValleyCivilizationImportant things to know Egyptian - - - - - - Sumerian - - - - - - - - Indian - - - - - - Chinese - - - - The Four Major River Valley Civilizations

4. Early Migration Patterns River Valley Civilizations Great Rift Valley

5. Early Man Paleolithic Age: “Old” stone age; earliest period in human history – hunter/gatherer Africa: Where earliest humans lived Migration: moving from one place to another Neolithic Revolution: change from hunting and gathering to herding and farming Began farming and herding Began to live in permanent homes Extra time to think new ideas Began to specialize in jobs Communities began to grow and organized into civilizations

6. Civilizations Civilization: Highly organized community with advanced elements of culture Elements that define a civilization Organized Government: written laws(rules), leaders, protection (police, military) Organized Economy: trade within a culture and with others, tokens of value (money), reliable food supply Urban Setting: many unrelated people living together in one large planned community Writing System: communication, record keeping, symbols to represent ideas

7. River Valley Civilization Important things to know NileEgyptian - Leader called Pharaoh (God King) - Built the Pyramids – tombs for the Pharaohs - Developed Hieroglyphics – picture-based writing Tigris and Euphrates Sumerian - Also called Mesopotamia - Located in the Fertile Crescent - Developed Cuneiform – wedge- shaped writing - First written laws: Code of Hammurabi IndusIndian - Two main cities – Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro – very well organized - Learned to weave cotton into cloth - Language still not translated Huang HeChinese - Writing symbols represented whole ideas - Called themselves The Middle Kingdom The Four Major River Valley Civilizations