b.c.e. Civilizations, 3500–600 CHAPTER 2: Learning Objectives 2.1 What were the main features of civilization as a form of human organization? 2.2 What did the river valley civilizations have in common? 2.3 How did Mesopotamian and Egyptian political structures compare? 2.4 How did Mesopotamian and Egyptian religions compare? 2.5 Why do we know less about Harappan civilization than about Egypt? 2.6 How does early China illustrate the main features of river valley civilizations? 2.7 How did conditions in the Americas differ from those in Asia and North Africa during the formation of early civilizations? 2.8 How and why did the early civilization period come to an end and what where the main religious changes introduced by Judaism? KEY TERMS Civilization Pharaoh Ramayana Pyramids Mesopotamia Upanishads Kush Sumerians Yellow River Indus River Cuneiform Ideographs Harappa Ziggurats Shang Aryans City-state Olmecs Vedas Babylonians Phoenicians Mahabharata Hammurabi Monotheism Essential Knowledge Questions 1. What allowed civilizations to develop? What characteristics differentiate a civilization from social forms? 2. What contributions did the and Zhou make to later Chinese civilizations? 3. What can we infer about the Harappan civilization from the size, complexity, and order of the city of Harappa? 4. What role did cities play in the early civilizations of the Americas? 5. How did Jewish monotheism differ from the Near Eastern religions that preceded it? 6. Compare and contrast the main features of Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. How you explain the differences you note? Class Discussion Questions 1. Discuss the definition of civilization. 2. Discuss the social, political, and economic of civilization in the Americas. 3. Compare and contrast the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. 4. Compare and contrast Harappan and Chinese civilization.
CHAPTER 2: Civilizations, 3500–600 b.c.e. Learning Objectives 2.1 What were the main features of civilization as a form of human organization? 2.2 What did the river valley civilizations have in common? 2.3 How did Mesopotamian and Egyptian political structures compare? 2.4 How did Mesopotamian and Egyptian religions compare? 2.5 Why do we know less about Harappan civilization than about Egypt? 2.6 How does early China illustrate the main features of river valley civilizations? 2.7 How did conditions in the Americas differ from those in Asia and North Africa during the formation of early civilizations? 2.8 How and why did the early civilization period come to an end and what where the main religious changes introduced by Judaism? KEY TERMS Civilization Mesopotamia Sumerians Cuneiform Ziggurats City-state Babylonians Hammurabi Pharaoh Pyramids Kush Indus River Harappa Aryans Vedas Mahabharata Ramayana Upanishads Yellow River Ideographs Shang Olmecs Phoenicians Monotheism Essential Knowledge Questions 1. What allowed civilizations to develop? What characteristics differentiate a civilization from social forms? 2. What contributions did the and Zhou make to later Chinese civilizations? 3. What can we infer about the Harappan civilization from the size, complexity, and order of the city of Harappa? 4. What role did cities play in the early civilizations of the Americas? 5. How did Jewish monotheism differ from the Near Eastern religions that preceded it? 6. Compare and contrast the main features of Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. How you explain the differences you note? Class Discussion Questions 1. Discuss the definition of civilization. 2. Discuss the social, political, and economic of civilization in the Americas. 3. Compare and contrast the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. 4. Compare and contrast Harappan and Chinese civilization.
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