1. Civilization Case study: Ur in Sumer
Chapter 1 Section 3
Civilization
Case study: Ur in Sumer

2. VILLAGES GROW INTO CITIES

3. Villages Grow into Cities… Economic Changes
Domino Effect
Irrigation systems
Food surplus
Craftsmen developed
Traders exchanged wider goods
New inventions created…like which two?

8. Villages Grow into Cities Cont… Social Changes
Workers specialized
Social classes developed
Religions becomes organized
Discuss the differences between the Old Stone Age and New Stone Age

9. How Civilization Develops
First civilization believed to be in Sumer located in Mesopotamia
Civilization has five components

10. How Civilization Develops Continued…
1. Advanced Cities
Not based on population alone
Based on centers of trade
2. Specialized Workers
Food surpluses provided specialization in areas other than farming
Some became artisans

11. How Civilization Develops Continued…
3. Complex Institutions
System of ruling necessary
Government and religion are examples of institution
Temples were the center of government and religious affairs
4. Record Keeping
System of writing developed
Incan system of Record Keeping
Government officials, priest, merchants needed ways to record information
Scribes invented cuneiform
Stylus

12. How Civilization Develops Continued…
5. Improved Technology
New tools and technology needed
Farming
Ox-drawn plows, irrigation systems
Artisans
Pottery wheel
Metalworkers
Combined copper and tin
Bronze Age began

13. Civilization Emerges in Ur

14. Ur Located on the banks of the Euphrates Earliest city in Sumer
30,000 people
3000 B.C.
Discuss Woolley’s belief
Located on the banks of the Euphrates

16. Civilization Emerges in Ur Continued…
An Agricultural Economy
Describe Ur
Life in the City
Describe
Ur’s Thriving Trade
Money not yet invented
Bartered
Complicated trades required a scribe

17. The Temple: Center of City Life
Civilization Emerges in Ur Continued…
The Temple: Center of City Life
Ziggurat