Unit One Recap

Pre- History

• People were hunter-gathers and moved place to place in order to survive– Tools of wood, bone and stone– Learned to make fire

• 10,000 years ago people began the NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION– Developed the first agriculture

• Settled permanently near rivers to grow crops

– Domesticated animals– Many different cultures developed all around the same time

in different places

Neolithic Revolution

• People settled permanently near rivers

• Farming created a surplus of food

• The food surplus gave people the ability to become specialized workers

• Civilizations/ cities created the need for laws and government officials

• Specialized workers and extra time created the opportunity to advance technology and inventions

Civilization Components

• Advanced Cities• Specialized Workers• Complex Institutions• Record Keeping• Advanced Technologies

• Can you give and example of each?

Societal Needs

• People need protection and leadership so governments form

• Laws are needed to maintain order• Records keep track of taxes and other

information– Also records history

• Government officials are a specialized job

Mesopotamia

• Developed on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers• Several city-states– Hammurabi ruled over Babylon• Created a strict set of written rules called Hammurabi’s

Code• Hammurabi’s Code is very vengeful

– An eye for an eye– Drown your wife for cheating

Important Points

• Theocracy- religious leader(s) are in charge of the government

• Monarchy- only one ruler

Egypt

• Embalmed people before burial• Used Geometry• Had a calendar based to keep track of

predictable flooding seasons• Pharaoh