First Civilisations

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Where do you think the first city was located?

Farms meant more food which allowed .... to form.

1. Cities
2. City states
3. Countries
4. Villages

Mesopotamia was located in the country we now know as...

1. Saudi Arabia
2. China
3. Iraq
4. Egypt

Society

• The increased production of food through farming, resulted in an increase in population
• Urban Civilization
• Social division

Privileged and non-privileged

• Privileged groups: controlled the power and the wealth

• Non- Priviliged groups: Produced the products needed by society

After the king, the most important people were the ....

1. Scribes
2. Farmers
3. Slaves
4. Priests

The slaves were part of the .....

1. Privileged
2. Non-privileged

Religion

• Polytheistic: The worship of multiple gods
• Temples
• Each city state had a divine protector
• Life after death

Mesopotamian Culture

• The first to develop written language
• This made early forms of organization possible e.g. the first schools or the code of hammurabi

What did the mesopotamians do for us?

The mosopotamians invented:

• Writing
• Legal Codes
• The Wheel and the Charriot
• Bricks
• Astronomy and Astrology

Mesopotamia is counted as ..... because of the invention of ....

1. History, astronomy
2. Pre-history, writing
3. History, writing
4. Pre-history, legal code