7 Components and Extras
What are the 7 Components of a Complex Civilization?
Technology Government & Economics
Social Structure Written Language
Religion Art & Architecture
Environment
How often did the Nile River flood?
Every 6 months.
What is one major way people in Mesopotamia made money. This occupation also made sure Mesopotamia had the resources is needed.
Trading
What civilization is built around the Nile River?
Egypt
Believing in more than one god
Polytheistic
The writing down of events, information, and history. A requirement for complex civilizations that was only possible after the creation of written language
*This is a different phrasing than the 7 Components*
Record Keeping
Describe the Egyptian social hierarchy (a picture is fine)
A pyramid with Pharaohs at the top followed by government officials, nobles and priests, soldiers and scribes, craftsmen, and farmers and slaves
Why were the gods of mesopotamia so chaotic?
The rivers were violent and unpredictable.
What two rivers run through Mesopotamia?
Tigris River and Euphrates River
A system in which people are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Hierarchy
What resource makes the best place for a civilization to be built?
Rivers
The process of preparing the body for its journey to the afterlife.
Sarcophagus
This was the first written set of laws. It laid the foundation for most law systems, and established equal justice for equal crimes.
Hammurabi's Code
What natural barriers protected Egypt from conquering empires?
Mountains and a large Desert
A division of a society based on social and economic status.
Social Classes
Phoenicians were great traders. Why?
They were advanced ship builders.
What was the key difference between the upper and lower classes in Egypt
Their amount of Money, Rights, and Power
Name the 4 main Empires that led Mesopotamia throughout history
Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian
This river floods every 6 months, providing its civilization with fertile soil and spurring them to create the calendar.
The Nile River
The development of specific skills
Specialization
This Phoenician innovation made them better traders. It was spread across the civilizations they traded with and revolutionized written language.
The Alphabet
Women in Egypt were able to.....
Own land and a business
What is a city-state?
An individual city that has its own borders, leader, economy, and culture.
This river floods sporadically. It has violent currents and causes both fertile soil and destruction for its civilization.
Tigris River OR Euphrates River
What is technology
Anything new that is created in order to make life better or easier