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Characteristics of Civilization
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-History is based upon study of documents. -Primitive societies must be speculated upon…we do not know much about man prior to the dawn of civilization --Best guess is that early man was a hunter but then developed agriculture Rossetta Stone -Characteristics of civilization -Agriculture [Bedrock of any civilized society] -Primitive people will not stick around for long because they follow the buffalo herd. -Nomads are not civilized in the way that they cannot develop -Woman first developed agriculture -It is repleneshable, unlike hunting -In order for agriculture to work, you have to have organization and structure. -In ancient times, you had to have rivers for irrigation of the land. [Animism- the worship of animals; usually practiced among uncivilized people] From Book on page 7: “A civilization is a complex culture in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements. Historians have identified a number of basic characteristics civilization, including the following: 1. An urban focus. Cities became the centers for political, economic, social cultural, and religious development. 2. New political and military structures. 3. A new social structure based on economic power 4. The development of more complexity in a material sense. 5. A distinct religious structure. 6. The development of writing. 7. New and significant artist and intellectual activity |