The first civilizations: Mesopotamia and Egypt
Some 6000 years ago in the Middle East, some Neolithic villages became cities as a result of agricultural and commercial prosperity. This led to the first big urban civilisations. These civilisations were the first to invent writing. Much of what we know about the first civilisations comes from written documents from this period.
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Didactic objectives Identify the first urban civilisations and understand their place in history. Understand the social and economic organisation of the first city-states and the first empires in Mesopotamia. [...]
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1. Mesopotamia, the land between two rivers The first urban civilisation appeared in Lower Mesopotamia in the 4th millenium B.C.: It was formed by city-states governed by kings, helped by officials and priests. [...]
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Some 6000 years ago in the Middle East, some Neolithic villages became cities as a result of agricultural and commercial prosperity. This led to the first big urban civilisations. These civilisations were the first to invent writing. [...]
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1.1. The first city-states The first urban civilisations appeared in the 4th millennium BC in Sumer (Lower Mesopotamia), in the fertile plains between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The first city-states included Ur, Uruk and Lagash. [...]
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2.1. Egypt, the Nile and the desert Egypt is basically a large desert with the Nile River running through it from north to south. The Nile provided the main means of transport. [...]
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3.1. Villages and cities Most people were peasants who lived in small villages on the banks of the Nile River. The common people and peasants lived in simple houses. At first they were made of straw and mud. [...]
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4.1. Egyptian gods Egyptians practised polytheism. This means that they worshipped many gods. Each city and province also had its local gods. The most popular Egyptian god was Ra, the Sun god. [...]
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5.1. Tombs in ancient Egypt Burying the dead was a big event in the lives of Egyptians. Only pharaohs and the wealthiest nobles had large tombs. Poor people were buried in pits or beneath the desert sands. [...]
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Some 6000 years ago in the Middle East, some Neolithic villages became cities as a result of agricultural and commercial prosperity. This led to the first big urban civilisations. These civilisations were the first to invent writing. [...]
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Some 6000 years ago in the Middle East, some Neolithic villages became cities as a result of agricultural and commercial prosperity. This led to the first big urban civilisations. These civilisations were the first to invent writing. [...]
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