EARLY CIVILIZATIONS

WHEN ?

WHERE ?

WHEN WRITING IS DISCOVERED

EARLY CIVILIZTIONS

AMONG RIVERS

FIRST CIVILIZATIONS

MESOPOTAMIA

CHINIA

EGYPT

CHARACTERISTICS

STRONG POLITICAL POWER

HIERARCHICAL SOCIETY

IRRIGARED AGRICULTURE

MESOPOTAMIA

WHERE?

BETWEEN TIGRIS AND EUFRATES

REGIONS

LOWER MESOPOTAMIA

MIDDLE MESOPOTAMIA

UPPER MESOPOTAMIA

CHARACTERISTICS OPEN LAND

DRY AREA

WRITING

CUNEIFORM

SIGNS DRAWN ON CLAY TABLETS

CONSEQUENCES

ORGANIZING POLITICAL SYSTEM

COUNTING RESOURCES

WRITING STORIES

SOCIETY

PRIVILEGED

ARISTOCRACY

PRIESTS

CIVIL SERVANTS

UNDERPRIVILEGEDPEASANTS

CRAFTSMEN

WITHOUT RIGHTS WOMEN

SLAVES

CITIES

SURROUNDED BY WALLS

MAIN BUILDING : ZIGGURAT

DIFFERENTE AREAS

MARKET

CULTURE

CONTRIBUTIONS

CUNEIFORM WRITING

SCHOOLS

NUMBERS : ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY

CALENDAR

SEXAGESIMAL SYSTEM

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY

LAWS : CODE OF HAMMURABI

ART ARCHITECTURE

MATERIAL : BRICK AND ADOBE

BUILDINGS

ZIGGURATS OF UR AND BABYLON

ISHTAR GATE

KHORSABAD PALACE

SCULPTURE MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS