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    KEY CONCEPT 1.

    3: THE DEVELOPMENT & INTERACTIONS OF EARLY AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL & URBAN SOCIETIES
    ABOUT 5,000 YEARS AGO, CIVILIZATION BEGAN IN THE FOLLOWING FOUNDATIONAL AREAS:

    KNOW THESE SIX GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS


    DONT WASTE YOUR LIFE DELVING DEEP INTO THESE SOCIETIES. INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING SIMILARITIES:

    ! ! ! ! ! !

    THESE WERE LARGE, POWERFUL STATES AGRICULTURAL SURPLUSES ALLOWED SPECIALIZATION CITIES w/COMPLEX BUREAUCR., RELIGION, ARMIES, etc. LONG DISTANCE TRADING RELATIONSHIPS GROWTH HAD TO BE BALANCED AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS WAR (& War Technologies) COINCIDED WITH THE INCREASE OF WEALTH (both with other Civilizations & Nomads/Pastoralists)

    THE

    DIVIDES THESE FOUNDATIONAL/CORE CIVILIZATIONS INTO TWO CATEGORIES:

    CULTURE POLITICS
    ARCHITECTURE ELITES & ART
    ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Monumental; Ziggurats, Walls, Roads, Sewers Promoted the arts from Sculpture to Weaving Cuneiform, Hieroglyphs, Alphabets, Quipu ! ! Mobilized surplus resources over large areas Usually DIVINE with support from the Army

    LEADERS

    RECORD KEEPING LEGAL CODES RELIGION TRADE

    COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES


    ! ! ! The better your location, the bigger your society (see Jared Diamond) Ex. Hittites had a huge Iron deposits Easier for them to build empires o Ex. Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Nile

    Reflected the Hierarchies (see HAMMURABI) Developed here; huge impact later on

    Expanded to include ideas, technology, etc.

    SOCIAL/GENDER HIERARCHY LITERATURE

    PASTORAL INNOVATION
    ! Developed/Disseminated new Weapons and Transportation methods to use against the more settled Agrarian Civilizations

    Growth coincided with Empire/state growth Reflected the culture of the authors

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