Civilization: a group of people connected by culture, society...they share basic elements like religion, art, and language
-The 1st big 4 were Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China
Mesopotamia
- in moder day Middle east
- made up of city states
- the flat land left them open to invasion
Empire of Hammurabi ( 1792)
- Hammurabi was king of Babylon
- used his large army to take over the surrounding areas
- CODE OF HAMMURABI a collection of 282 laws that governed every aspect of Mesopotamia society
-it focused on the family
-punishments were based on the social class of the victim as well as the crime
EGYPT
-divided into 3 kingdoms : Old, Middle, and New
-th pharaohs (kings) were believed to be gods
They took over surrounding areas and got a lot of their technology and influence from them
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