Wells Siara His1113ryya Assignment1
Siara Wells his1113ryya Ch1 Assignment
From Culture to Civilization
In the beginning of time there were mainly small towns and villages. But, as technology, discoveries, and advancements were made; cultures began to grow into something more. The Mesopotamia was just one of the many cultures that began to show many progressive changes. As Mesopotamia began to change from a culture to a civilization, they developed very central characteristics. Some major characteristics that Mesopotamia began to develop were a sense of agriculture and urbanization. Agriculture is life based off crop cultivation, and in order to have good growing crops well nurtured soil must be present. Since Mesopotamia was a land near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, after a drought the land was rich and easily cultivated crops. This well production of crops began the growth of big cities along the rivers and the population became abundant. As the cities grew, this is the example of urbanization. The increase in agriculture caused the rise of cities from small towns and villages. Agriculture and urbanization are just two characteristics of a growing civilization. Establishing social classes was another way Mesopotamia advanced from culture to civilization. As cities grew, there was a need of organization within them. Since the largest building in the cities where religious temples, priest did most of the governing, and were the highest power. They also had slaves and freed people and within the freed category, were other social class levels. Because government had become so complex, records needed to be kept. In order to keep records, a form of writing was created, which is also a characteristic of a civilization. Writing started to become more and more common and passed through generations. Forming social classes and a form of writing are more features of a civilization. One last and another important characteristic of a starting civilization is metal technology. With increasing agriculture
From Culture to Civilization
In the beginning of time there were mainly small towns and villages. But, as technology, discoveries, and advancements were made; cultures began to grow into something more. The Mesopotamia was just one of the many cultures that began to show many progressive changes. As Mesopotamia began to change from a culture to a civilization, they developed very central characteristics. Some major characteristics that Mesopotamia began to develop were a sense of agriculture and urbanization. Agriculture is life based off crop cultivation, and in order to have good growing crops well nurtured soil must be present. Since Mesopotamia was a land near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, after a drought the land was rich and easily cultivated crops. This well production of crops began the growth of big cities along the rivers and the population became abundant. As the cities grew, this is the example of urbanization. The increase in agriculture caused the rise of cities from small towns and villages. Agriculture and urbanization are just two characteristics of a growing civilization. Establishing social classes was another way Mesopotamia advanced from culture to civilization. As cities grew, there was a need of organization within them. Since the largest building in the cities where religious temples, priest did most of the governing, and were the highest power. They also had slaves and freed people and within the freed category, were other social class levels. Because government had become so complex, records needed to be kept. In order to keep records, a form of writing was created, which is also a characteristic of a civilization. Writing started to become more and more common and passed through generations. Forming social classes and a form of writing are more features of a civilization. One last and another important characteristic of a starting civilization is metal technology. With increasing agriculture