civilization case study: ur in sumer
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Civilization Case Study: Ur in Sumer. Chapter 1 Section 3. Key Terms. Civilization Specialization Artisan Institution Scribe Cuneiform Bronze Age Barter Ziggurat. Villages Grow into Cities. Economic changes Irrigation systems for more crops Food surplus Develop other skills - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Civilization Case Study: Ur in Sumer
Chapter 1Section 3
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Key Terms
• Civilization• Specialization• Artisan• Institution• Scribe• Cuneiform• Bronze Age• Barter• Ziggurat
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Villages Grow into Cities
• Economic changes– Irrigation systems for
more crops– Food surplus– Develop other skills– Wheel and sail invented– Trade developed
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Villages Grow into Cities
• Social changes– Specific groups of
workers– Formed social classes – Religion more organized– Centered on nature and
animal spirits– New Stone Age many
gods and goddesses
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How Civilization Develops
• Civilizations• 1-advanced cities• 2-specialized workers• 3-complex institutions• 4-record keeping• 5-advanced technology
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Advanced Cities
• Birthplace of first civilizations
• Center of trade for larger area
• Depend on trade• Produced goods for
exchange
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Specialized Workers
• Specialization- development of skills in a specific kind of work
• Artisans- made good by hand (metal, tools, pottery)
• Helped cities to become center of trade
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Complex Institutions• Institution-a long lasting
pattern of organization in a community
• Soaring populations– Formed governments– Needed to establish laws
• Religion– Temples– Priests– City belonged to the gods– Served as economic center
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Record Keeping
• Document taxes• Passage of law • Storage of grain• Keep track of calendars
and rituals• Systems of writing
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Record Keeping
• Scribes-professional record keepers
• Cuneiform- meaning wedge shaped writing – Pictographs- symbols of
writing– Used a sharpened reed– Baked tables in the sun– Beginning of written
history (Sumer)
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Improved Technology
• Ox drawn plows• Irrigation systems• Pottery wheel– Jugs, plates, bowls
• 2500 BC metal workers– Melt tin and bronze– Made spearheads
• Bronze Age-using bronze instead of copper and stone
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Civilization Emerges in Ur
• Ur- one of the earliest cities
• 30,000 residents• Agricultural– Large scale irrigation– Food surpluses
• Life in the City– One story box homes– Merchants and artisans
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Ur’s Thriving Trade
• Merchants on broad avenues
• Coins are not used• Trade pots of grain for a
jug of wine• Barter-the trading of
goods without using money
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The Temple: center of City Life
• Ziggurat- pyramid shaped monument means “mountain of god”
• 100 steps to top• Priests conduct rituals• Sacrifice animals• Storage of grain, woven
fabrics, gems• Believe in afterlife