HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eridu
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Characteristics of a civilized society: civilization. Bureaucracy: it refers to administration of a government chie y through bureaus of departments sta ed with non elected or appointed o cials. More broadly, it refers to a type of human society characterized by the existence of and dominance by such a bureaucracy: new social structure. Classes of social status: a writing system. Mesopotamia: the formation of a civilized society, 6000-1500 bc: mesopotamia. Water: a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, ;ales, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the uids of living organisms. Connection between bodies of water and early civilizations. Friday, january 12, 2018: sumerians & the rise of cities, 3000 bc. Settled in the area known as sumer. From cities to city-states to regional empires: empire: a political unit having an extensive territory or the territory that includes such a unit, from city-states to regional empires.
