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