1.3 - 1ST CIVILIZATIONS

1.3 - 1ST CIVILIZATIONS

3500 BCE ? 500 BCE Unit 1 AP WORLD HISTORY

THE FIRST FARMERS

10,000BCE ? 3,000 BCE Their impact led to the development of the first "civilizations"

Objectives

Contrast civilizations with other forms of human communities Explore when, where, how the 1st civs arose Explore the structures of society Show the differences in civs Explore outcomes of civ, including positive and negatives for humanity

Civilization is only made possible by surplus produced by ag. rev.

Distinct features of Civ:

Cities ? Monumental architecture! ? Populations in the 10s of 1000s

Powerful states that could compel obedience and wage large scale warfare Much greater inequality

? Wealth and status

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