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Chapter 1 Section 3 Notes

Chapter 1 Section 3 Notes. PATTERNS. OF CHANGE. TERMS & NAMES. MAIN IDEA. Civilization. 3. CASE STUDY:  Ur in Sumer. Overview. • civilization • specialization • artisan • institution • scribe • cuneiform • Bronze Age • barter • ziggurat. WHY IT MATTERS NOW.

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Chapter 1 Section 3 Notes

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  1. Chapter 1 Section 3 Notes

  2. PATTERNS OF CHANGE TERMS & NAMES MAIN IDEA Civilization 3 CASE STUDY: Ur in Sumer Overview •civilization •specialization •artisan •institution • scribe •cuneiform •Bronze Age •barter •ziggurat WHY IT MATTERS NOW Prospering agricultural villages, food surpluses, and new technology led to the rise of civilizations. Contemporary civilizations share the same character-istics typical of ancient civilizations.

  3. I. Villages Grow into Cities

  4. A. Agriculture, domesticationofanimals, new tools, and ways to control environment allowed larger communities to grow

  5. B. Economic Changes

  6. 1. Irrigation projects

  7. 2. Different jobs

  8. 3. Led to more products

  9. 4. Invention of wheel and sail enabled trade

  10. C. Social Changes

  11. 1. Economy affected social structure

  12. 2. Importance of job

  13. 3. Religion became important job

  14. II. What is Civilization

  15. A. 5 Characteristics of Civilization

  16. 3 PATTERNS OF CHANGE Characteristics of Civilization Example from Ur 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. HOME Civilization CASE STUDY: Ur in Sumer 3 Section Assessment 1. Look at the graphic to help organize your thoughts. List the five characteristics of civilization and give an example from Ur. Advanced Cities Ur’s population of about 30,000 people Specialized Workers Traders, artisans, and scribes Complex Institutions Religion under the authority of priests Record Keeping Cuneiform tablets Advanced Technology Irrigation systems continued . . .

  17. 1. Advanced Cities

  18. a. A city is a center of trade for a large area

  19. 2. Specialized Workers

  20. a. Traders, government officials, priests, and artisans

  21. 3. Complex Institutions

  22. a. Government is a system of ruling

  23. b. Religion

  24. 1. Sumerians believed the city belonged to gods

  25. SITE OF SUMMER

  26. 4. Record Keeping

  27. Sumerian Scribe

  28. a. Government needed to keep up with tax collection

  29. b. Merchants needed to keep up with accounts

  30. The wedge-shaped symbols of cuneiform are visible in this close-up of a clay tablet. c. Scribes or professional record keepers inventeda system of writing called cuneiform

  31. 1. Cuneiform means wedge shaped

  32. Cuneiform Writing

  33. 2. Clay tablets written on with a stylus

  34. Cuneiform Clay Tablet

  35. 3. Date, City

  36. 4. Sumerians

  37. Sumerian Statuettes, from the Temple of Abu, Tel Asmar, c. 2700 - 2600 B.C., Iraq Museum, Baghdad and Oriental Institute, Universityof Chicago.

  38. Sumerian Bull Harp

  39. 5. Advanced Technology

  40. a. The harness for oxen Sumerians

  41. b. Irrigation systems

  42. c. Pottery

  43. d. By 2500 B.C. Sumerians were making bronze spears

  44. III. Civilization Emerges in Ur

  45. A. Ur was located on the lower EuphratesRiver

  46. B. Some 30,000 people lived there

  47. C. English archaeologist Leonard Wooley is credited for finding the site

  48. D. An Agricultural Economy was located there

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