Transcript Chapter 2 The First Americans

BELLWORK
WHAT BASIC THINGS DO ALL
HUMANS HAVE TO HAVE TO
SURVIVE?
AND CREATE A SOCIETY?
DO YOU CONSIDER
YOURSELF TO BE CIVILIZED?
HOW?
CLIP
The New Stone Age
BUILDING BLOCKS
OF
CIVILIZATION
Water
Language
Writing
Technology
CHARACTERISTICS
OF
CIVILZATIONS
Cities
Jobs
Organized Government
Public Works
Art and Architecture
Social Classes
Religion
BELLWORK
HAVE YOU EVER SACRIFICED
TO BE PART OF SOMETHING
FOR SOMETHING YOU
DEEMED IMPORTANT?
In place of:
What are some elements of civilization
that allow them to become more
dominant?
Mesopotamia: City States and
Empires
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City States of Sumer
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Kingdom of Akkad
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Babylonian Empire
Cuneiform
White Ziggurat of Ur
Kingdom of Akkad
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Sumerians were
conquered by their
northern neighbors
called Akkadians.
(2300 B.C.)
The Akkadians
were led by
Sargon I
Babylonian Empire
Egypt: Nile River Valley
Arts and
Architecture
Government
Jobs and
Specialization
Social Classes
RELIGION
Public Works
Cities
Mummies
Mummies
Tutankhamen
Mummies
Egypt: End of the Old Kingdom
Egypt: New Kingdoms
Egypt: Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Egypt: Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphics
Proto -- Hebrew alphabet
Proto-Hebrew Alphabet