Homework: Study for Friday's quiz. I also passed out a packet on traits of civilizations as well as on ancient Sumer, the world's first civilization; please prepare reading notes on this packet for Tuesday (deadline extended).
Do Now:
“Civilization” can be defined as a “complex, highly organized social order.” Civilizations are often said to include things like organized governments, complex religions, job specialization (different people do different jobs), social classes (ranked groups within society – such as the rich and the poor), arts and architecture, and writing.
Please answer one or both of these questions:
- The term “civilization” comes from the Latin word civitas, meaning “city.” What do you think the development of the first cities had to do with the rise of civilization?
- Not everything about the rise of civilizations was a “good” thing. Can you predict any problems that humans faced in organized villages and cities that they had not faced as hunter-gatherers?
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