Global 1.0 - 16 Sept 2015 EQ: How did the foundations of Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.E.)...

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Global 1.0 - 16 Sept 2015 • EQ: How did the foundations of Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.E.) help create our modern society? • LO: wwbat assess the beginnings of civilization and its impact on modern society. • Do Now: Why did ending a nomadic life lead to modern cities like NYC?

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Global 1.0 - 16 Sept 2015

• EQ: How did the foundations of Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.E.) help create our modern society?

• LO: wwbat assess the beginnings of civilization and its impact on modern society.

• Do Now: Why did ending a nomadic life lead to modern cities like NYC?

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• Eight aspects of civilization - cities, government, religions, job specialization, social classes, arts/architecture, public works, and writing.

• civilization = complex highly organized social order. Nomads did not have complex societies.

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• The expansion into territory beyond the boundaries of a city created a city-state.

• An empire is a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler.

• City people were ranked according to their jobs, which led to the growth of social classes. Artisans were skilled craftspeople

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• Cultural diffusion - spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another. Interaction among the various civilizations often brought about cultural change.

• Nomadic herders crossed the dry grasslands called steppes.

• Pictographs - simple drawings of the objects they represented. As writing became more complex it could only be done by scribes

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Exit ticket

• Why did cultural difussion play an important role in the rise of civilizations?