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Seven Traits of Civilization
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Seven Traits of Civilization
Daniella Rodriguez
09/08/2020
Development of Writing
Egypt
Mesopotamia
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-Wrote on clay tablets
-At one point used pictures/characters to write
-Cuneiform
-Used a reed stylus
- Drew pictures on the cay but then decided to make wedge-shaped marks on the clay
- Used pictographs but then switched to phonetics
-Hammurabi's Code
-Hieroglyphics
- Sacred characters used as picture signs that depicted objects and had a sacred value
-Wrote on papyrus, stone
-Never had an alphabet, simplified into two texts
-Rosetta Stone
Development of Writing
Pictures
Pictures
Art and Intellectual Activity
Egypt
Mesopotamia
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Art and Intellectual Activity
- Math: number system based on 60 (ex.geometry)
-Astronomy
-Irrigation
-Statues, temples (ziggurats)
-Formulaic art
- Strict cannon of proportion: Form & presentation
- Pyramids
-Elaborate burials and burial grounds
Pictures
Pictures
Social power based on economic power
Egypt
Mesopotamia
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Social power based on economic power
-King, agent to the gods
-Dependent commoners
-Free Commoners
-Slaves
-Elites: wealthy and powerful individuals
-Kings were known as "divine"
-Pharaoh (god, ruler)
- Priests and Nobles ( 1st class)
-Merchants/traders (2nd class)
-Mathematicians, stone cutters
-Serfs -> common people
-Slaves