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Paleolithic Age
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Food Supply: hunting wild animals and gathering plants
Housing: lived in caves Tools: spears, rocks, and themselves Communities: no communities, lived in caves |
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Neolithic Age
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Food Supply: they created farming
Housing: lived on their farms, made houses out of mud bricks, rocks and branches. It gave them protection from animals, weather, and animals. Tools: knifes, arrowheads, and mirrors. This gave them stronger materials. Communities: larger communities, towns and villages grew, people got organized, and had different jobs |
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Advantages in the Foothills
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. good conditions for growing crops
. mild weather .provided wood for building, plenty of stones to make tools |
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Disadvantages in the Foothills
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. food shortage
. land shortage . supplies shortage |
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Problems in Sumer
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. uncontrolled water supply (flooding)
. constant care and maintenance across village boundaries . food shortage . attacks by neighboring communities |
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Solutions in Sumer
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. they created irrigation systems: levees, canals, and dams
. villages had to cooperate with one another, which lead them to live in larger communities . controlled water allowed crops or food to grow anywhere . they build strong walls and moats around the city |
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Characteristics of a Civilization
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. stable food supply
. a social structure: different social levels and jobs . a system of government that keeps life orderly . a religious system: involves set of beliefs and forms of worship . a highly developed way of life: included arts, literature, and architecture . advances in technology: use of tools and inventions . a highly developed written language |
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Why are these characteristics of Civilization
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. In order to have a society that lives, people have to be fed
. It allows everyone to have a job and is able to contribute to society . It keeps things orderly so people aren't out of control . It involves beliefs and forms of worship and binds people together . It allows people to be creative . All civilizations create new forms of technology to improve their lives . So they can communicate and keep a record of things that happened in their society |
