Early civilisations - The first civilisations
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Why did villages grow to become cities?
- Trading and bartering at markets
- Craftsmen and traders showed wares
- Temples built by priests
- Development of agricultural-urban society
What are the three steps in the flooding of the Euphrates River?
- Water level low
- Covers riverbanks
- Leaves pools of water and fertile ground
How did Sumer and Egypt influence other regions?
- Shared the same culture
- Spread through war and trade
- Influenced other countries around them
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Why did farmers depend on the flooding in Mesopotamia and Egypt?
- Grew grain on silt
- Used clay for bricks
- Prayed to gods for floods
What role did the Nile River play in Egyptian civilization?
- Origin of Egyptian civilisation
- Relied on flooding of the river
- Lived in cities along the river
What is the significance of irrigation to farmers in Mesopotamia?
- Canals spread water
- Water reached dry areas
- Made land fertile
What made the Sumerians significant in early city development?
- First groups of an agricultural-urban society
- Cities with a highly developed level of culture
- Had their own leader or king
How did agricultural surplus affect farmers' work?
- Produced more food
- Traded surplus
- Did other jobs like pottery
What allowed people to specialize in jobs in ancient societies?
- Abundance of food
- Created an agricultural surplus
- Settled around rivers
What roles did craftsmen have in Mesopotamia's economy?
- Specialised in crafts
- Made items like ornaments
- Traded for goods
How become a market a village or a city?
- Craftsman build their workplace next to the market
- they were followed by shop-owners
- By innkeepers
- by priest, who built temples to honour the gods.
Where did the first civilizations develop?
- Developed near rivers in the Middle East and North Africa.
- Farmers settled and formed villages.
- Led to trade, art, and urban society.
How did the city of Uruk sustain its inhabitants?
- Inhabitants were early farmers.
- Grew crops and raised animals.
- Fertile soil due to river floods.
What effect did the Euphrates and Tigris rivers have on the land?
- Overflowed and covered land with water.
- Left silt and clay for crop growth.
- Transformed desert into green land.
Why were river floods crucial for Mesopotamian farmers?
- Provided fertile soil and life-giving resources.
- Enabled rapid and abundant crop growth.
- Viewed as life-giving miracles by farmers.
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