In the awakening evolution of peoples ability to harness the power of the land, the Indus Vally, Egypt, and Mesopotamia each evolved their methods in establishing controlled communities called cities. They used their new technology in irrigation and social status to delegate the division of labor to expand their power and influence. These cultures focused their dependents on the sustainability of river basins such as: the Mesopotamia’s engineers built levees, ditches and canals to control flood waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Egyptians created basins to catch the silt from flooding waters of the Nile, the Indus river valley area took advantage of melting snow from the Himalayas to flood the river basins.
As technology shifted to the development of scribing in these civilizations, it enabled a way of establishing a firmer grasp on their subjects in cities.“Dense urban settlement enabled people to specialize in making goods for the consumption of others: weavers made textiles, potters made ceramics, and jewelers made precious ornaments. Soon these goods found additional uses in trade with outlaying areas. And as trade expanded over longer distances, raw material such as wood, metal timber, and precious stones arrived in the cities”(Pollard, Rosenberg, Tignor 47). Those in the upper echelon of the social ladder had to balance the lives of bureaucracies and the common people. The commoners typically took on a specific trade and was bound to that craft based on the individuals social status. …show more content…
Everyone, from the most powerful elite to the workers in the field was part of the system. The ancient egyptians believed the pharaoh was partially divine and was sent down to maintain balance between the chaos of man and of nature. While the Sumerians thought man sole job was to serve the gods and kings were there to ensure the gods were
As technology shifted to the development of scribing in these civilizations, it enabled a way of establishing a firmer grasp on their subjects in cities.“Dense urban settlement enabled people to specialize in making goods for the consumption of others: weavers made textiles, potters made ceramics, and jewelers made precious ornaments. Soon these goods found additional uses in trade with outlaying areas. And as trade expanded over longer distances, raw material such as wood, metal timber, and precious stones arrived in the cities”(Pollard, Rosenberg, Tignor 47). Those in the upper echelon of the social ladder had to balance the lives of bureaucracies and the common people. The commoners typically took on a specific trade and was bound to that craft based on the individuals social status. …show more content…
Everyone, from the most powerful elite to the workers in the field was part of the system. The ancient egyptians believed the pharaoh was partially divine and was sent down to maintain balance between the chaos of man and of nature. While the Sumerians thought man sole job was to serve the gods and kings were there to ensure the gods were