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Ancient CivilizationsModern Connections
WRITING SYSTEM: Yes, No, Maybe So?
• Egyptians used Hieroglyphics. • English uses a 26 letter alphabet.
Why does a civilization need a writing system?
1) To communicate2) To record history3) Education4) Records, instructions5) Religious writings
How does a writing system improve your life in 2014?
Communication: emails, texting, social media, internet
Education: textbooks, write vocab words & definitions, write answers, take notes
Why does a Civilization need laws?
1) Organization2) Fair treatment of people3) Prevent crime4) Give punishments
Why is it important to have a written code of laws?
1) so you can remember the laws
2) so nobody can change the laws unfairly
List similarities and differences between Hammurabi’s Laws and our laws today.
Similarities: people need to be responsible for their actions; innocent until proven guilty; evidence is required; due process
Differences: Hammurabi used the death penalty for less serious crimes; his punishments were cruel and unusual.
List 3 geographical features that you see on
the map.
Deserts
Rivers and seas
Mountains
How did these 3 landforms help Egypt and Mesopotamia grow
into civilizations?• Rivers & Seas•Mountains• Deserts
Rivers & seas: provide water for farming, cooking, drinking, transportation
Deserts: protection from invaders
Mountains; protection from invaders
What connections can you make between the Pyramids of Giza and
our lives today?
Both used tools/technology to build monuments or buildings
Pyramid is a memorial to Pharoahs----Lincoln Memorial
The design of the pyramids and of buildings today have a specific purpose.