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Ancient - Civs Sheet

The document outlines key characteristics and economic patterns of early civilizations, including the rise of monarchies, empires, and dynasties as forms of government. Early civilizations exhibited divisions of labor, complex social institutions like government and religion, and advanced technologies. They utilized new metals, irrigation for agriculture, and writing systems to develop trade and some of the world's first cities in places like Mesopotamia and along major rivers.

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Ancient - Civs Sheet

The document outlines key characteristics and economic patterns of early civilizations, including the rise of monarchies, empires, and dynasties as forms of government. Early civilizations exhibited divisions of labor, complex social institutions like government and religion, and advanced technologies. They utilized new metals, irrigation for agriculture, and writing systems to develop trade and some of the world's first cities in places like Mesopotamia and along major rivers.

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Governments & Religions Characteristics Economic Patterns

of Civilization
 Monarchy  Use of new metals
 Empires o Bronze & Iron
 Dynasties  Division of Labor  Increased Agricultural Production
 Complex Social Institutions o Use of Irrigation Systems & Plows
 Polytheism
o Ex. Government, Religion  Trade begins
 Monotheism

st
 Advanced Technology World’s 1 Cities Develop - Sumer
o Judaism
 Calendar  Use of Slaves for Labor
 Written Language
(Last Aspect to develop)

Ancient River Written Language


Valley

Civilizations 
Pictograms
Cuneiform
o Sumer
 Hieroglyphics
“The Firsts of Everything”
o Egypt
 Alphabet
Literature o Phoenicia

 The Epic of Gilgamesh


Locations o World’s 1st Epic
Law Codes
 Mesopotamia
o Tigris & Euphrates
 Hammurabi’s Law Code
 Egypt
o Unified Babylonian Society
o Nile
 Indus River Valley
o Harsh Laws
o Indus o Strict class distinctions
 China
o Huang He

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