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Civilization
Civilization & ChangeEnvironmental Changes
People depended on their environment
Rain & fertile soil
Timber, stone, and metals
Civilization & ChangeEnvironmental Changes
Drastic events (volcanoes, over farming etc….)
Adapted to the environment
Traded for needed resources
Let’s Move to the City
To farm more land and produce extra crops, people in larger villages built irrigation systems.
This freed people up to learn new skills- pottery- metal objects- woven cloth
Civilization & ChangeInteractions Among People
Cultural diffusion spread of ideas, customs, and technology from one people to another
Famine, drought, and disasters led people to migrate
People shared and adapted customs
Trade new goods/better production methods
Civilization & ChangeInteractions Among People Shared religious beliefs
Warfare
assimilation conquerors forced their way of life upon the people they defeated
adapt conquerors adopted the ways of the conquered peoples
Sharing technology and ideas Bronze working & writing
Paleolithic v. Neolithic (Religious Beliefs)(200,000 years ago) v. (8000 BCE – 3400BCE)
During the Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age religious beliefs centered around:- Nature- animal spirits- an afterlife
During the Neolithic (New Stone) Age, beliefs shifted to:- nature gods and goddess
Neolithic Age (culture)
Developed Agriculture
Domesticated Plants
Domesticated Animals
Used advanced tools
Made Pottery
Developed Weaving Skills
Where they Civilized?
First Civilization rose in SUMER(now modern day Iraq)
Civilization had 5 characteristics:1. Advanced cities/(cities)2. Specialized Workers (job
specialization)3. Complex Institutions (organized
governments)4. Record Keeping (writing)5. Advanced Technology (arts &
architecture/public works)