Features of Civilization

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Features of Civilization

• Mr. McEntarfer Global I HSLPS

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Aim What are the basic features of a
civilization?

• Do Now Copy in notes
• Civilization A complex highly organized social
  order
• Cities where the main feature of a civilization.
  The first cities evolved along ______ valleys
  where fertile land created a food surplus.

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Ancient Civilizations (Map it)
What do all of these civilizations have in common?
Label your map
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Early Civilizations
Label your map
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Features of Civilization
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Copy in notebook
Central government
Traditional economy
Cities
Organized religion
CIVILIZATION
Social classes
Specialized jobs
Art and architecture
Roads, bridges, and other public works
System of writing
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Organized Governments

• Early cities needed a strong government to
  administer unity, protection, law, justice and
  welfare.
• Early rulers had heredity rule. This meant they
  inherited their status and claimed a right from
  the gods to rule.

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Activity

• How does our government provide the following?
  Give examples
• Unity
• Protection
• Law
• Justice
• Welfare

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The Pharaohs of Egypt
How did the Pharaoh's of Egypt rule?
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Ziggurat at the City of Ur
What purpose do you think this structure served?
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Complex Religions

• Most ancient people were polytheistic, which
  means they believed in many gods who controlled
  the forces of nature and peoples lives.

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Can you guess all the religions here? What might
they all have in common?
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Polytheism
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Job Specialization

• City people developed many new jobs with many
  different skills. Cities needed craftsmen,
  warriors, government officials, priests and
  builders.

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Social Classes

• In cities people were ranked according to their
  jobs.
• Priests and nobles (top)
• merchants and artisans (middle)
• Farmers (near the bottom)
• Slaves (at the bottom)

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Social Mobility Being able to move between
social classes in ones lifetime. Is it easy
today to move up the social pyramid?
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Art and Architecture

• The art and architecture of a civilization
  expressed the values and beliefs of the people
  that create them. Such monuments reassure people
  of the power of their government and religion

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What value is being expressed in the Statue of
Liberty?
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Public Works

• Keeping cities functioning required public works
  like irrigation systems, roads, bridges,
  defensive walls and in some cases plumbing

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What would life be like in this city without
public works?
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Writing

• Writing was needed for record keeping regarding
  taxes, trade, written laws and calendars.
• Early writing was made up of pictograms (simple
  drawings)

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How are these writing systems similar?
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MCENTARFER
 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
 
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Summary Assessment

• What purpose does government serve in any
  organized society?
• Religions around the world have similar beliefs
  and values. How does religion contribute to an
  orderly society?
• What different kinds of specialized jobs did
  civilized people have?
• Who occupied the top, middle and lowest social
  classes of ancient cities?
• What does art and architecture tell us about a
  society?
• What public works did ancient cities have?
• What kind of writing did early people have? What
  was record keeping important?

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Pompeii A civilization preserved.
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Why are there steps in the street?
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Fast Food
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Frozen in time