social science: early civilizations

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EARLY CIVIZATIONS

Today we talked in class about early civilizations.

• The invention of writing was about 5.000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
• Writing was an important invention because it marked the beginning of History.
• It was used for record information about: taxes, population,trade and grain.

                 The first civilizations were:

1. Mesopotamia.
2. Egypt.
3. India.
4. China.

They were river civilizations because they were near rivers :

• Mesopotamia: between Euphrates and Tigris.
• Egypt: Nile river.
• India: Indus river.
• China: Yellow and Blue river.

In river civilizations were:

•  Hierarchical: they were divided into two clearly differnt groups:

1. Rich people: they owned most of  land.A minority.
2. Poor people: they were the majority of population.

• The king was the most important person, he made law, he had religious functions, he led the army:civil servants.
• There were large-scale building works:palaces, tombs, temples and canals.