A civilization is a complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements. Historians have identified the basic characteristics of civilizations. Four of the most important characteristics necessary are: the formation of cities, government, religion, and social organization. In order to understand the process of evolution of civilization in humans, we have to analyze the entire process, from ancient civilization to current time, complete with the downfalls and dead-ends that occurred. We must first understand the conditions of life for ancient populations, from the undeveloped physical capabilities and limitations of man, as well as the climatic conditions of the ancient world in which they had to suffer and
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Men learned that in order to survive they were going to have to work together. It became obvious that forming place to sell, trade, and exchange ideas was imminent. Without cities there was no civilization. There are several factors that distinguish between a city and other populated areas. One is that there must be a significant number of people in a defined area of land. Next, there must be specializations for the development of a city. The majority of people in a city do not work in food production instead they have a specialty, such as a shoemaker or ironsmith. The complexity within the specialties is a factor in deeming a city. These specialities forced men to learn how to work together in order to work more efficiently and to make life easier. Mankind could never have developed into what it is today if it was not for its ability to work together. With the development of specialities, men learned how to rely on each other to perform one job, while someone else did another job. The last characteristic of a developed city is the appearance of monumental architecture: such as temples, and palaces. This change signified a sense of unity through religion, an element which increased communication. Spoken communication, is one of the primary things that separates us from animals, because thoughts are worthless if there is no way to share them, especially whilst relying on each other to survive. All of these factors must be apparent for the category of
Men learned that in order to survive they were going to have to work together. It became obvious that forming place to sell, trade, and exchange ideas was imminent. Without cities there was no civilization. There are several factors that distinguish between a city and other populated areas. One is that there must be a significant number of people in a defined area of land. Next, there must be specializations for the development of a city. The majority of people in a city do not work in food production instead they have a specialty, such as a shoemaker or ironsmith. The complexity within the specialties is a factor in deeming a city. These specialities forced men to learn how to work together in order to work more efficiently and to make life easier. Mankind could never have developed into what it is today if it was not for its ability to work together. With the development of specialities, men learned how to rely on each other to perform one job, while someone else did another job. The last characteristic of a developed city is the appearance of monumental architecture: such as temples, and palaces. This change signified a sense of unity through religion, an element which increased communication. Spoken communication, is one of the primary things that separates us from animals, because thoughts are worthless if there is no way to share them, especially whilst relying on each other to survive. All of these factors must be apparent for the category of