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Cuneiform

classical civilizations outline

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Mesopotamia Culture- • Believed in many gods • Had public, state-organized religion is most visible in the archaeological records • Priest had the power of divination • Cuneiform was made • Metallurgy State- • Cities evolved from villages • cities and rural farming villages were dependent on one another • made of many small city-states • by the third millennium BCE a king or lugal erected from Sumerian cities Social Structure- • slaves comes from mountain tribes • hereditary slavery • slaves are able to earn freedom • the patriarchal society reinforced the elite class • laws were created to provide answers to lifes' daily dilemmas • a monarchal society Egypt Culture-

Early River Valley Civilization Comparison CHart

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Comparisons of Early River Valley Civilizations Culture-Literature, Art, Religion Political Organizations Social Structure Mesopotamia Cuneiform writing w/ wedge shaped characters; 2000 symbols reduced to 300. Extensive trade w/ Egypt an the Indus Valley Epic of Gilgamesh Early use of bronze tools, chariots Advanced astronomy; math based on 60 Pessimistic view of world, perhaps due to irregular, unpredictable flooding of the rivers Polytheism- gods powerful & often cruel Kings powerful, but not divine City-states & warrior kings in almost constant conflict w/ one another Large empires in later times Hammurabi?s Code & lex talionis (law of retaliation) Competition among city states & frequent invasions
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