1. Civilization

2. Civilization & Change Environmental Changes  People depended on their environment  Rain & fertile soil  Timber, stone, and metals

3. Civilization & Change Environmental Changes  Drastic events (volcanoes, over farming etc….)  Adapted to the environment  Traded for needed resources

4. Let’s Move to the City To farm more land and produce extra crops, people in larger villages built irrigation systems. This freed people up to learn new skills -pottery -metal objects -woven cloth

5. Civilization & Change Interactions Among People  Cultural diffusion  spread of ideas, customs, and technology from one people to another  Famine, drought, and disasters  led people to migrate  People shared and adapted customs  Trade  new goods/better production methods

6. Civilization & Change Interactions Among People  Shared religious beliefs  Warfare  assimilation  conquerors forced their way of life upon the people they defeated  adapt  conquerors adopted the ways of the conquered peoples  Sharing technology and ideas  Bronze working & writing

7. Paleolithic v. Neolithic (Religious Beliefs) (200,000 years ago) v. (8000 BCE – 3400BCE) During the Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age religious beliefs centered around: -Nature -animal spirits -an afterlife During the Neolithic (New Stone) Age, beliefs shifted to: -nature gods and goddess

8. Neolithic Age (culture) Developed Agriculture Domesticated Plants Domesticated Animals Used advanced tools Made Pottery Developed Weaving Skills

9. Where they Civilized? First Civilization rose in SUMER (now modern day Iraq) Civilization had 5 characteristics: 1. Advanced cities/(cities) 2. Specialized Workers (job specialization) 3. Complex Institutions (organized governments) 4. Record Keeping (writing) 5. Advanced Technology (arts & architecture/public works)