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Historical Context 3,000 BCE - 500 BCE: A food surplus leads to more food, more time, more people, and the opportunity for these people to specialize. Eventually, large groups of people chose to settle in river valleys because of the access to natural resources. Due to these factors, river valley civilizations developed six characteristics that make them unique (writing, centralized government and law codes, social classes, organized religion, art/ architecture, big cities.
U N I T A G E N D A
1. EXPLAIN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A CIVILIZATION
2. COMPARE TRENDS BETWEEN THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AND TODAY
3. EXPLAIN HOW RELIGION IMPACTED ALMOST ALL ASPECTS OF ANCIENT LIFE
The ancient period is also known as the BRONZE AGE. Want to know where humans got bronze (and other metals) from? Check out the video on the right. It will bring us back to Unit 1, where we learned about the formation of Early Earth!
Super Cool Link to get started learning about the ancient world!
BHP_H2_Metals_BBH.mp4
Read below to see the SHORT story of the Ancient Civilizations.
The Characteristics of a Civilization are in BOLD.
People chose to settle near river valleys because of fertile farmland
A surplus of food allows small farming communities to feed more people. More people led to SPECIALIZED jobs.
Specialization led to the development of rigid SOCIAL CLASSES
Ancient people invent WRITING to track farming (food surplus) and trade
Organized RELIGION develops around the belief in many gods and goddesses (polytheism)
Centralized GOVERNMENT and first written law codes
Governments organized the development of advanced ART, ARCHITECTURE and INFRASTRUCTURE
Big CITIES with populations of 40,000-200,000 people start to look and interact beyond their borders, trading and conquering one another
Ancient Writing
Geography
Mesopotamia Geography
Egypt Geography
India Geography
China Geography
GOVERNMENT: Empires, Kingdoms, and Dynasties!
Ancient Religion!
Social Classes
Mesopotamia Social Classes
Egypt Social Pyramid
Ancient India Social Classes
Ancient China
MESOPOTAMIA Daily Life
Mr. Nicky Video
EXTRAS!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/0/d/1sGMbag0-eHINdt6HX9LMvC_InoPWK5CYy1NtuCqqkpk/edit
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AOh1GQwogMIcqYJCxVQqnFINnPjpRo5qWyIpAJi1Ghw/edit
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AOh1GQwogMIcqYJCxVQqnFINnPjpRo5qWyIpAJi1Ghw/edit
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zP6qgAcUouD0BATS58oiH3Zn5-AQhRXA-Iy5fURm-go/edit
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rOnGW12d3u9X3bBLiHrho1
Comparative Timeline of the Ancient and Classical Civilizations
Ancient Religion!
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