AP WORLD HISTORY (8/28)
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Do Now: Should
historians use the words
“civilized” or
“civilization?” Why or
why not?
WHICH QUOTE BEST SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER?
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There are many humorous 
things in the world; among
them, the white man's
notion that he is less
savage than the other
savages.”
― Mark Twain, Following
the Equator: A Journey
Around the World
Imagination has brought
mankind through the Dark Ages
to its present state of civilization.
Imagination led Columbus to
discover America. Imagination
led Franklin to discover
electricity…The imaginative child
will become the imaginative man
or woman most apt to create, to
invent, and therefore to foster
civilization.”
― L. Frank Baum, The Lost
Princess of Oz
EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONS
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Mesopotamia
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By 3500 BCE, developed
writing
By 3000 BCE, developed
government
Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers
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Crossroads for diverse
groups
Semitic groups (Hebrews
and Arabs)
Sumerians-dominant group
by 3000 BCE
HAVE A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE? TRY SPRITE!
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Categories for analysis
S=Social
P=Political
R=Religious
I=Intellectual
T=Technological
E=Environmental
How can we fill these
categories for
Mesopotamia? The other
early civilizations?
HAMMURABI’S CODE
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Babylonian king who
conquered Mesopotamia
around 1700 BCE
Code was a standard for
justice in the
Mesopotamia
How can we apply SPRITE
to the excerpt on pg. 42?
Do Now (8/29): What
does this code tell us
about Mesopotamian
society?
HOW DO IMAGES HELP US WITH SPRITE?
HOW DO IMAGES HELP US WITH SPRITE?
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Sumerian Goddess Inana
What do you notice about
her features?
Other objects/items in
the carving?
Where would these fit
into SPRITE?
What does this suggest
about Mesopotamian
civilization?
HOMEWORK
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For 9/3: Finish chapter
one (pp. 51-68)
Vocabulary notes for:
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Systems failure
Dynasty
Pictograph (Hint: how does
this connect across all early
civilizations?)
Divination
Mandate of Heaven
First quiz on 9/3
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Covers all material in
chapter one
Multiple choice
HOW DOES THIS IMAGE HELP US WITH SPRITE?
SOME CLARIFICATIONS…
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Civilizations
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Why did these develop during
the Neolithic period?
How might they lead to
conflict between groups/other
civilizations?
Cultural Hearths
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What were some of the
ideas/innovations that spread
from these hearths?
What does the fact that these
hearths often “sparked”
independent of each other?
CLARIFICATIONS (CONT.)
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Theocracy
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Social Mobility
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What is the impact of
combining government and
religion?
When did this begin to change?
Why did it change?
How does this impact the
growth of civilizations where
social mobility is possible?
How does this impact the
growth of civilizations where
social mobility is NOT possible?
Patriarchy
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Why does this become the
basis for power in early
civilizations?
How does it impact the growth
of a civilization?
AP WORLD HISTORY (9/3)
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Do Now: Review your
notes for two minutes,
then clear your desk for
the quiz
Agenda
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Do Now
Notes
Organizer
Homework: complete
organizer
YET ANOTHER CLARIFICATION
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What is the difference
between a horticulturist
and an agriculturist?
What about a pastoralist?
Horticulturists=used only
hand tools (small scale)
Agriculturists= used
animals and plows (large
scale)
Pastoralists= seminomadic; first
domesticators of animals
INDUS RIVER CIVILIZATION
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The third “cradle of
civilization”; Why use
this term to describe
early civilizations?
From 5000 BCE to
1200 BCE
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Conquered around 1500
BCE
Abandoned by 1200 BCE
Environmental (Geography)
-fertile river valley
-fed by Himalayan snow
melt and monsoon rains
-Ringed by Himalayas and
the Hindu Kush
Similar to/different from
Mesopotamia and Egypt?
POLITICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
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Layout of cities like
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
suggest well organized
government
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Wide roads
Sophisticated sewage system
Fortifications
Large granaries
No knowledge of who
controlled what
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Similar to/different from
Mesopotamia and Egypt?
RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL
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Distinct social classes-what
evidence supports this?
Polytheistic
Powerful priestly class
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Served as intermediary for the
people
Worshipped a horned god
(depicted as male in a posture of
meditation)
What might this indicate about
their civilization?
Ordinary people
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Worshipped mother goddesses
Focus on fertility
Why? Similar to /different from
other early civilizations?
INTELLECTUAL
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The Indus Valley
civilization did have a
written language
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Found on seals linked to
trade containers
Hard to decipher
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Not much evidence
No Rosetta Stone to aid
researchers
Similar to/different from
other civilizations?
ECONOMIC FEATURES
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Job specialization
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Advanced agriculture
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Less skilled craftsmen than
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Inferior weapons and tools
(only bronze coated, stone
arrowheads)
Why?
Cereal grains and cotton
Trade a central part this
civilization
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Contact with China (and
other parts of Asia) and
Mesopotamia
SYSTEMS FAILURE?
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What is this again?
Possible reasons for the
failure of Indus Valley
(list several in your
notes)
Based on the evidence,
which seems most
likely?
AP WORLD HISTORY (9/4)
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Do Now: What is this
thing? How could
something so small
change the world (hint:
cause/effect)?
ANCIENT CHINA (AROUND 7000BCE)
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Beginnings?
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Domesticated rice
Later wheat, barley,
millet (probably from
Mesopotamia)
Locations?
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Once again, river valleys
Yangzi River Valley
 Huang He (Yellow) River
Valley
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ENVIRONMENTAL
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Far removed from other
civilizations
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Trade still exists
Distance=independent
discovery (agriculture and
metal working)
Gobi Desert, Himalayan
Mountains, and Tarim
Basin all harsh climates
Most of growth centered
around rivers
Loess-yellow dust mixed
with river=fertile soil