Ancient Ancient World World Civilization and Sumer M E E T I N G - PDF document

9/21/18 CIVILIZATIONS OF THE Ancient Ancient World World Civilization and Sumer M E E T I N G 3 � Paleolithic and Neolithic communities � Sumer � The Epic of Gilgamesh � Writing THE STONE AGE 1

9/21/18 The Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) Neolithic: Agricultural revolution 2

9/21/18 Neolithic sites Çatal Höyük, 7500–5700 BCE The city-state 3

9/21/18 The city-state culture Great river civilizations Civilization as social revolution � Complex social structures – Division of labor – Class – Forms of government – Citizen and noncitizen � The responsibilities of the citizen – The individual is subordinated to the community � The responsibilities of gender 4

9/21/18 The Bronze Age Hittites Mycenaean Assyria Akkad Greeks Babylon Sumer Minoans Egypt 5