7 Aspects of civilization

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7 Aspects of civilization by Mind Map: 7 Aspects of civilization

1. Geography and Agriculture

1.1. shang-zhou

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1.2. Sumeria

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2. Government and Leaders

2.1. sumerians

2.1.1. The common people brought what they had grown to the temple and received what they lived on from the priests.

2.1.2. Each Sumerian city formed its own city-state, composed of the city itself and the farm land for several miles around.

2.1.3. At the dawn of recording history, they find states which organized their populations more tightly than all but a few in subsequent ages.

2.2. shang-zhou

2.2.1. Worried that their leaders wouldn't accept them.

2.2.2. Introduced that they were ruled by the Mandate of Heaven.

2.2.3. Overthrown because they had lost the gods favor.

3. Religion

3.1. Sumerians

3.1.1. The Sumerians believed that the afterlife was a miserable and dark existence with all their ancestors.

3.1.2. They practiced a Polytheistic religion.

3.1.3. They worshiped more than one God/Goddess.

3.1.4. To keep the gods happy, they had to sacrifice or give gifts to the gods.

3.2. Shang/Zhou

3.2.1. They believed in afterlife

3.2.2. The Shang religion often centered on the idea of ancestor worship.

3.2.3. The Shang often asked their ancestor for advice.

3.2.4. They prepared meals for their ancestors in mind.

4. Economy and Trade

5. Social Structure and Family Life

5.1. sumerians

5.1.1. Society was thought to have been made of four social classes: nobles, commoners, clients and slaves.

5.1.2. The nobles included the ruling family, priest, warriors and families who owned large areas of land and were usually very wealthy

5.2. shang- zhou

5.2.1. Women were to find match to strengthen family alliances; widows could remark

5.2.2. Upper class women tutored

6. Science and Technology

6.1. Sumeria

6.1.1. Invented the wheel, which was used for pottery and also for the vehicle.

6.1.2. Invented the plow, and learned how to use bronze to make stronger weapons and tools.

6.1.3. They collected and cataloged an impressive amount of medical knowledge. They even preformed quite a bit of surgery!

6.1.4. They invented the wheel

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7.1. Sumeria

7.1.1. Sumerian sculpture includes statues with large wide open eyes as well as small objects carved out of ivory.

7.1.2. Sumerian architecture includes the use of arches, ramps and columns.

7.2. Shang/Zhou

7.2.1. The long period of the bronze age began around 2000

7.2.2. The earliest chinese bronzes were made by a process called piece-mold-casting