Writing
Developed to keep track of excess grain.
What is writing.
Changed the way people viewed each other.
What is job specialization?
Top of social class pyramid.
Used to glorify and please the gods.
Means belief in many gods.
What is polytheistic?
Name of the first known writing system.
What is Cuneiform?
Allowed people to specialize.
What is a surplus?
What is the top of the pyramid?
Used for religious worship.
What are massive temples?
Usually a center of worship.
Means wedge-shaped.
What is Cuneiform?
Created pottery, jewelry, clothing, weapons, and tools.
What are artisans?
The shape of the social class structure.
What is a pyramid?
Built for protection.
What are city walls?
Hereditary rule.
What is passing rule from father to son?
Trained to read and write.
What is a scribe?
Bought and sold food and other goods.
What are merchants?
How people are ranked.
Source of pride for the city.
What temples and palaces?
People believed the gods were angry with them.
What is when natural disasters happened?
Invented the first formal alphabet.
What are the Phoenicians?
People ranked by job specialization.
What are social classes?
Peasants and farmers; the majority of people fell in this category.
What is the bottom of the pyramid?
Control flooding and store excess water.
What are dikes and dams?
Improved the lives of city-dwellers and farmers.
What are public works projects?