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Features of Civilizations - Coggle Diagram
Features of Civilizations
Cities
Emerged near farming centers
food surpluses let to population grownth
villages, cities, civilizations
served as center of
religeon
culture
government
Organized Government
managing resources
people can get things they need to survive
form and train armies
defend society from attack or expand its borders
population grew, government difficult
warlords(powerful rulers)
took control of tribes
formed governments headed by kings and queens
relied on many public officials
handled different duties
Established Religion
everyone generally followed same beliefs and practices
often linked to government
rulers claimed that their right to rule came from the gods
China
Emperors were called "Sons of Heaven"
people believed in gods and goddesses
controlled most events in lives
people feared gods, but also hoped that gods would protect them
keep gods and goddesses happy
offered sacrifices
led prayers
Job Specialization
farmers
produced enough food to support other workers
craftworkers
produced goods
traders and merchants
buying and selling goods
allowed people to develop many skills
Social Classes
class structures
highest social class
priests and rulers
most power and wealth
middle social class
famers, merchants, workers
varied in wealth and status
lowest social class
slaves
prisoners captured in wars
poor people who sold themselves
Arts and Architecture
closely related to public works
people built temples, tombs, palaces
public function
objects of beauty
craftworkers produced fine luxury items
gold jewelry, perfume boxes
Music Literature is also part of it
Public Works
organized workers to build large projects
roads, water systems, city walls, granaries
building public works
costly, time consuming, dangerous
workers were often injured or killed
public works benefit society
System of Writing
pictures, symbols representing sounds, words
mainly to record numbers
the amount of grain harvested
overtime, used writing to preserve other info
record laws
prayers to gods
mighty deeds of rulers
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