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Comparing the earliest civilisations
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Comparing the earliest civilisations
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Key learning points
- All of these early civilisations left a nomadic lifestyle because they found ways of farming fertile ground near rivers.
- All of them built permanent places to live like cities, along with other buildings for the purpose of religion.
- All of these early civilisations traded with people from far away and developed their own forms of writing.
- All of these early civilisations made bronze and used this metal for tools, weapons and artwork.
- Despite all these similarities, all of these early civilisations had different styles of writing, building and art.
Common misconception
Nomadic lifestyles no longer exist.
Discuss the fact that many people in different parts of the world still live a nomadic lifestyle, some through choice and others as part of a continuing and ancient tradition.
Keywords
Permanent - something that is permanent stays the same
Style - the special way something is made or designed to look is its style
Make comparative sketches of different buildings, weapons or artwork designs from different early civilisations.
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6 Questions
Q1.
The civilisation developed by the Yellow River.
Q2.
Match the keywords to the definitions.
Writing invented in Sumer
Writing invented in Ancient Egypt
Q3.
Which is the correct definition of trade?
creating beautiful objects
writing messages to the gods
Q4.
A religious building from Sumer was called a .
Q5.
Sort the first development of these civilisations from oldest to newest
Q6.
Which materials did ancient artists use?
plastic
cardboard
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6 Questions
Q1.
All ancient civilisations left a lifestyle to live and settle permanently.
Q2.
Why was farming successful in early civilisations?
They had tractors.
They lived in the desert.
Q3.
Which sentences are true?
All ancient buildings were the same style.
Only Sumer built cities.
Indus Valley did not build cities.
Q4.
Cuneiform writing was first used to record of goods.
Q5.
Ancient civilisations all had different styles of , writing and building.
Q6.
What was bronze useful for making?
houses
carts
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