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Chapter One: The Beginnings of Civilization. Defining “Civilized”. Urban life: permanent constructions System of regulatory government Class distinction (wealth and occupation) Tools/skills --> production/trade Written communication Shared system of religious belief - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Chapter One: The Beginnings of

Civilization

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Defining “Civilized”• Urban life: permanent

constructions • System of regulatory government• Class distinction (wealth and

occupation)• Tools/skills --> production/trade• Written communication• Shared system of religious belief

** Not a value judgment! **

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Origins of Western Civilization

• Paleolithic World View (Old Stone Age)• Art• Religion

• Neolithic Civilizations (Late Stone Age)• Domestication of animals• Cultivation of vegetation• Community• War / Weaponry

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The Bronze Age (3000-1000 B.C.E.)

• Mesopotamia• Sumerian (3500-2350 B.C.E.)• Semitic (2350-612 B.C.E.)

• Egypt• Aegean Cultures

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Sumerian Culture• Agricultural/Urban settlements• “Fertile Crescent”

• Writing/record-keeping: Cuneiform• Shared system of religious belief• Civil ruler / Religious rulers

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Epic of Gilgamesh• Gilgamesh ruled at Uruk c. 2700

B.C.E.• Composed in Sumerian (2000

B.C.E.) on cuneiform tablets• Introspective work• Asserts universal questions about

human existence

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Semitic Culture• Akkadian Period• King Sargon and descendants (2350-

2150 B.C.E.)• Focus on HUMAN achievement• Heroic Code

• Babylonian Legacy• King Hammurabi

• Assyrians• Culmination of Mesopotamian culture

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Fall of Mesopotamia• Medes• Nomadic warriors• Conquered Nineveh in 612 B.C.E.• Conquered and absorbed by Persians

• Persians• Nomadic warriors• Conquered by Alexander the Great

(330 B.C.E.)

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Poll: What is another name for a Paleolithic s...

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Poll: What are the two most important factors ...

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Poll: Are Homo sapiens sapiens the only specie...

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Poll: Were cave paintings were used in religio...

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Poll: Which country has the best examples of c...

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Poll: Gilgamesh ruled which Sumerian city?

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Poll: Which goddess did Gilgamesh rebuff?

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Poll: What did Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill?

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Poll: What did the hero Utnapishtim survive?

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Poll: What Biblical story does Utnapishtim's t...

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Poll: Any questions?