1. Patterns of Early Civilization Chapter 2, Section 1
A civilization is a “highly organized group of people with their own language & way of living” (Ahmad, et al 28)

2. New tools & knowledge (controlling fire)
1. Stone age people are able to hunt larger animals such as mammoth & bison
New tools & knowledge (controlling fire)

3. NOMAD: Back in the day, they would follow herds of mammoth and bison,
and kill them for food.
Now, they travel around looking for food.

4. 2. The agricultural revolution takes place
Revolution = relatively fast,dramatic change
Farming & Domestication of animals =
People settle
& Civilizations
grow!

5. 3. Many of the first civilizations developed in river valleys. (p. 29)
Yellow River
Nile River
Indus River
WHY????

6. 4. Priest were very powerful in many early civilizations.
A complex system developed to explain various phenomenon – like the sun rising, rain fall, etc.

7. 5. Early civilizations developed systems of written communication.

8. 6. The harness, invented in Sumer, made it’s way to China. (p. 30)
How? Diffusion via trade routes
Where?
Sumer
China

9. 7. China became a major world power during the late 1200s. P. 30
Controlled much of Asia
Had a developed road system
Inventions like paper and gun powder
8. European civilizations were less developed than Eastern civilizations. P.32

11. World Map 1914 – what happened?