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)