Period 1 to 500 BCE
Strayer Chapter 2: First Civilizations
Key Terms
Period 1 to 500 BCE
Strayer Chapter 2: First Civilizations
Key Terms
1. Norte Chico/Caral
2. Indus Valley civilization
3. Central Asian/Oxus civilization
4. Olmec civilization
5. Uruk
6. Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
7. Epic of Gilgamesh
8. Code of Hammurabi
9. patriarchy
1. Norte Chico/Caral
2. Indus Valley civilization
3. Central Asian/Oxus civilization
4. Olmec civilization
5. Uruk
6. Mohenjo Daro/Harappa
7. Epic of Gilgamesh
8. Code of Hammurabi
9. patriarchy
10. rise of the state
11. Egypt: Gift of the Nile
12. Paneb
13. Nubia
10. rise of the state
11. Egypt: Gift of the Nile
12. Paneb
13. Nubia
Margin Questions
1. When and where did the first civilizations
emerge?
2. What accounts for the initial breakthroughs
to civilizations?
3. What was the role of cities in the early
civilizations?
4. In what ways was social inequality
expressed in early civilizations?
5. In what ways have historians tried to
explain the origins of patriarchy?
6. How did Mesopotamia and Egyptian
patriarchy differ from each other?
(Compare)
7. What were the sources of state authority in
the First Civilizations?
8. In what ways might the advent of
“civilization” have marked a revolutionary
change in the human condition? And in
what ways did it carry on earlier patterns
from the past?
9. In what ways did Mesopotamian and
Egyptian civilizations differ from each
other? (This question is seriously REALLY
long.)
10. In what ways were Mesopotamian and
Egyptian civilizations shaped by their
interactions with near and distant
neighbors?
Margin Questions
1. When and where did the first civilizations
emerge?
2. What accounts for the initial breakthroughs
to civilizations?
3. What was the role of cities in the early
civilizations?
4. In what ways was social inequality
expressed in early civilizations?
5. In what ways have historians tried to
explain the origins of patriarchy?
6. How did Mesopotamia and Egyptian
patriarchy differ from each other?
(Compare)
7. What were the sources of state authority in
the First Civilizations?
8. In what ways might the advent of
“civilization” have marked a revolutionary
change in the human condition? And in
what ways did it carry on earlier patterns
from the past?
9. In what ways did Mesopotamian and
Egyptian civilizations differ from each
other? (This question is seriously REALLY
long.)
10. In what ways were Mesopotamian and
Egyptian civilizations shaped by their
interactions with near and distant
neighbors?