SECTION 4: THEMATIC TRENDS Use the Key Concepts to choose a trend for each of the 5 themes (be sure to identify which key concept is being used). Provide specific evidence from the Unit for each one. All answers must be hand written. Unit 1 has been done for you. Unit 1 Technological and Environmental Transformations (to 600 BCE) TREND EVIDENCE In Mesopotamia, were expected to marry and bear children. In Hammurabi’s Code, women S 1.2: II-C were given fewer rights than men. For example, if a woman was caught having san affair, the Patriarchal forms of social organization woman would be executed unless her husband decided to spare her life. This shows that women developed in agricultural societies. were at the mercy of men. In Mesopotamia, Hammurabi consolidated all of the laws over the region that he took over and P 1.3: III-C established a legal code that applied to all of Babylonia. This legal code was inscribed on black States developed legal codes that reflected stone pillars and was displayed all over the region. existing hierarchies and facilitated the rule of governments over people. 1.2: I-D In China, the Huang He river was prone to irregular flooding, so people had to develop I technology to be able to use the river to their advantage. They built elaborate irrigation systems in Agricultural communities had to work order to water their crops and earthen dikes to manage the flow of the river. cooperatively to clear land and create the water control systems needed for crop production, drastically affecting environmental diversity. Ancient Sumerians built ziggurats, which were large, stepped pyramid structures that were used as 1.3: III-A C temples. Ancient Egyptians built huge pyramids which were used as tombs by their pharaohs. civilizations developed monumental architecture and urban planning. There is evidence that early civilizations engaged in long-distance trade with each other. For 1.3: III-E E example, Mesopotamian seals inscribed with cuneiform have been found in both Egypt and Interregional cultural and technological Harappa by archeologists. exchanges grew as a result of expanding trade networks and large-scale population movements, such as the Indo-European and Bantu migrations.
SECTION 4: THEMATIC TRENDS Use the Key Concepts to choose a trend for each of the 5 themes (be sure to identify which key concept is being used). Provide specific evidence from the Unit for each one. All answers must be hand written. Unit 1 has been done for you. Unit 1 Technological and Environmental Transformations (to 600 BCE) TREND EVIDENCE S 1.2: II-C Patriarchal forms of social organization developed in agricultural societies. In Mesopotamia, were expected to marry and bear children. In Hammurabi’s Code, women were given fewer rights than men. For example, if a woman was caught having san affair, the woman would be executed unless her husband decided to spare her life. This shows that women were at the mercy of men. P 1.3: III-C States developed legal codes that reflected existing hierarchies and facilitated the rule of governments over people. In Mesopotamia, Hammurabi consolidated all of the laws over the region that he took over and established a legal code that applied to all of Babylonia. This legal code was inscribed on black stone pillars and was displayed all over the region. I 1.2: I-D Agricultural communities had to work cooperatively to clear land and create the water control systems needed for crop production, drastically affecting environmental diversity. In China, the Huang He river was prone to irregular flooding, so people had to develop technology to be able to use the river to their advantage. They built elaborate irrigation systems in order to water their crops and earthen dikes to manage the flow of the river. C 1.3: III-A civilizations developed monumental architecture and urban planning. Ancient Sumerians built ziggurats, which were large, stepped pyramid structures that were used as temples. Ancient Egyptians built huge pyramids which were used as tombs by their pharaohs. E 1.3: III-E Interregional cultural and technological exchanges grew as a result of expanding trade networks and large-scale population movements, such as the Indo-European and Bantu migrations. There is evidence that early civilizations engaged in long-distance trade with each other. For example, Mesopotamian seals inscribed with cuneiform have been found in both Egypt and Harappa by archeologists.