PPT-MESOPOTAMIA The first civilization can serve as a model for other early civilizations

Chavin and Aegean Civilizations Cities as administrative centers Political system based on control of territory rather than kinship Specialized nonfoodproducing activities Status distinctions based largely on wealth. Early civilisations. CIVILISATION is the set of ideas, sciences, arts, customs, beliefs,…, that characterise a human group, such as a people or nation.. 1. The birth of the first civilisations. Around 6000 BC (Neolithic Age in Europe), various groups settled on the banks of the great rivers (Nile, Tigris and Euphrates).. Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Geography of the Fertile Crescent. Section 1. What made civilization possible in Mesopotamia?. Tigris and Euphrates flooding left a fertile layer of soil for crops, which provided food for early settlements.. List some things that you feel would be needed for a civilization to be successful…. River Valley Civilizations. Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China. 9000 – 3000 Years Ago… . Advanced. Cities. i. Beginnings – reformation. August 30: Beginnings. Beginnings. Mesopotamia. Egypt. Beginnings. History of civilization: how to date?. Definition of “text”. Hunter/gatherer vs. producer/settler. Lesson 1, Unit 3. 2. What differences do you see between these places? How would life be different in each one? Which one lines up more with your idea of “civilization” and why?. The city of Ur, Sumer (. The Violet Race After the Days of Adam. Paper 78 - Video study group link. Paper 77 - The Midway Creatures. Paper 78. The Violet Race After the Days of Adam. Audio . Version. 78:0.1. . (868.1). The second Eden was the cradle of civilization for almost thirty thousand years. Here in Mesopotamia the Adamic peoples held forth, sending out their progeny to the ends of the earth, and latterly, as amalgamated with the Nodite and Sangik tribes, were known as the . E. arly Civilization. Chapter 1. What is prehistory?. The things that happened to humans before their was written records.. It is a lot like a vast black space penetrated by only an occasional pinpoint of light, representing our current knowledge.. Meso = means middle. Refers to any cultures that lived in present-day Mexico & Central America. Olmec Civilization. One of the earliest Mesoamerican civilizations. Located near Gulf of Mexico. Knowledge of them comes from excavations of 2 main sites = San Lorenzo and La Venta . SHANG – OLMEC- CHAVIN - AEGEAN. ANCIENT WEAPONS. & TECHNOLOGY. River valley civilizations depended on irrigation to survive. Construction required engineering with stone and mud bricks. Metallurgy gave advantages to civilizations that had it over those who didn’t. Unit 1. Admit . Slip- 9/29. What do you think of when you hear the word Egypt?. Neolithic Revolution. Hunting. and . gathering. were replaced by agriculture and . domesticating. animals as primary means to obtain . Emergence of Civilization. Control of Civilizations. IDs: Gilgamesh, Standard of Ur, Horus. Argument. In the . riverine. cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River and China, civilization was based upon unions of kingship and religion and social hierarchies, in which elite groups controlled surplus production, building programs & writing. . Use AP PARTS to analyze a primary source & describe how this primary source helps us understand Sumerian society . Civilization Bell Work 9/4. What does it mean to be called civilized? What does it mean to be called a savage? . Mesopotamia “LAND BETWEEN THE TWO RIVERS” Begin by looking, reading, and writing…. A time line: pp 82: write 5 statements based on the information pp 82—83 A map pp 84—85: write 5 statements based on the information based on the information on page 84—85…What is the title of the map? INTRODUCTION FLAGS AND CULTURAL IDENTITY On January 3 1992 a meeting of Russian and American scholars took place in the auditorium of a government building in Moscow Two weeks earlier the Soviet U