FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIZATION
PERIOD 0:
TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS (to c. 600 B.C.E.)
From their origins in East Africa, nomadic humans slowly migrated across the earth, hunting and foraging for food. The development of farming and herding around 8000 B.C.E. was revolutionary. With a more dependable food supply, villages grew into cities, people specialized in jobs, powerful states emerged, and people developed the first writing systems. Trade expanded, spreading new goods and ideas more rapidly than before. By 600 B.C.E., Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, China, Mesoamerica, and the Andes had impressive civilizations that would provide the core of later civilizations in their regions. (Source: World History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination)
1.1 BIG GEOGRAPHY AND THE PEOPLING OF THE EARTH
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1.2 THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION AND EARLY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES
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1.3 THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERACTIONS OF EARLY AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL, AND URBAN SOCIETIES
The appearance of the first urban societies 5,000 years ago laid the foundations for the development of complex civilizations; these civilizations shared several significant social, political, and econimic characteristics.
I. Core and foundational civilizations developed in a variety of geographical and environmental settings where agriculture flourished, including Mesopotamia in the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys, Egypt in the Nile River Valley, Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in the Indus River Valley, Shang in the Yellow River Valley, Olmec in Mesoamerica, and Chavin in Andean South America.
II. The first states emerged within core civilizations in Mesopotamia and the Nile Valley.
III. Culture played a significant role in unifying states through laws, language, literature, religion, myths, and monumental art.
Ch. 2 Preview
What makes a civilization?
What Does It Take To Be a Civilization
A historical essay from Dr. Anne Chapman
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Chapter 2: Recap
What are the lasting impacts of the River Valley civilization?
Core Civilizations
Web Research
Compare and contrast the location, characteristics, and development of the River Valley Civilizations.
For more information about the River Valley Civilizations click the link below.
http://www.rivervalleycivilizations.com/index.html
Core Civilizations: Analytical Comparative Arguments
Practice evaluating historical arguments using comparative evidence.
Ch. 2C: State Authority and Writing in Ancient Civilizations
Mankind The Story of All of US: Writing (Link to Video)
Hammurabi's Code
What can we learn about Babylonia from Hammurabi's Code?
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