Patterns of Early CivilizationChapter 2, Section 1
A civilization is a “highly organized group of
people with their own language & way of living” (Ahmad, et al 28)
1. Stone age people are able to hunt larger animals such as
mammoth & bison
New tools & knowledge (controlling
fire)
NOMAD:
Back in the day, they would follow herds of mammoth and bison,
and kill them for food. Now, they travel around looking
for food.
2. The agricultural revolution takes place
• Farming & Domestication of animals =
Revolution = relatively fast,dramatic change
People settle & Civilizations grow!
3. Many of the first civilizations developed in river valleys. (p. 29)
Nile River Indus River
Yellow River
WHY????
4. Priest were very powerful in many early civilizations.
• A complex system developed to explain various phenomenon – like the sun rising, rain fall, etc.
5. Early civilizations developed systems of written communication.
6. The harness, invented in Sumer, made it’s way to China. (p. 30)
• How? Diffusion via trade routes
• Where? – Sumer– China
7. China became a major world power during the late 1200s. P. 30
• Controlled much of Asia• Had a developed road
system• Inventions like paper
and gun powder
8. European civilizations were less developed than
Eastern civilizations. P.32
World Map 1914 – what happened?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eutUTVpdWDc