Civilizations
This is the major change in human culture, where nomadic lifestyles shifted to permanent settlements that utilized agriculture.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
These are the two rivers that run through modern day Iraq in the Fertile Crescent, where the first civilizations emerged.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
As populations grew, people had to find ways to provide enough food, water, and other resources for everyone.
What is scarcity/access to resources/supply and demand?
What is drinking water, farming, transportation?
These were the temple buildings of ancient Sumer.
What are Ziggarats?
Cultural traits of different ancient civilizations were shared spread in a few different ways (name one way).
What is warfare, trade, or migration?
All early civilizations emerged next to these fresh water sources, as they used the soil (silt) for farming when they flooded.
What are rivers?
Early empires were created by doing this, often resulting in many deaths, enslavement, but also the spreading of culture, ideas, and tech.
What is conflict/warfare?
This aspect of civilization is exhibited through the Indus Valley, who created the first sewer system, bathing pools, and grid-pattern streets that benefited everyone.
What are public works?
This is the holy book of Jewish people, which is also the old testament in the Christian bible.
What is the Torah?
The wheel, sail, plow, and writing were all invented in this ancient area "between two rivers."
What is the "Fertile Crescent?"
These were natural barriers for Ancient China, which is one reason they were relatively isolated from Europe for so long. (name one, specific name)
What are the Gobi Desert, Taklimakan Desert, Pacific Ocean, or Himilayan Mountains?
Things such as floods, monsoon rains, or living next to an ocean or desert all influence humans in different ways.
What is Environmental Impact/Effects, or Geographic Impact/Effects?
These were two major people that influenced early Judaism.
Who are Abraham and Moses?
This was the first form of writing, made by pressing shapes into wet clay.
What is cuneiform?
Often, these two aspects of civilization blended together, as those in charge not only made rules, but were seen as gods/messengers to gods.
What is religion and government?
One way neolithic groups controlled floodwaters for farming was by digging these types of ditches.
What are irrigation ditches?
Throughout history, some individuals gained control over large populations and made decisions that affected the lives of others.
What is/are power/powerful individuals/leaders?
This is one advantage that writing provided for early civilizations.
What are keeping records, passing down information, communicating, building libraries, writing stories?
This is the soil deposited after a flood, famous from the Nile in Egypt.
What is silt?
This civilization traded extensively around the Mediterranean sea and created the world's first alphabet.
Who are the Phoenicians?
While rivers provided soil, fresh water, and transportation, this was a major negative and unpredictable impact.
What are destructive floods?
Many different cultures, religions, and civilizations have holidays and special occasions that follow the same processes over long periods of time, creating bonds and community.
What are traditions?
This Sumerian epic tale is considered the first great work of writing.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This word means "many gods"=, as ancient civilizations often believed in multiple deities.
What is "polytheistic"?