City Planning

-Cities comprised of a series of walled sectors or mounds
-Two major elements, a "Citadel" and a "lower town"
-A massive fortified walls surrounded citadel certainly and probably also the lower towns
-Layout of city~division of space into speperate blocks forming a grid pattern
-Regular distance aligned streets orientation of all priced streats to cardinal points, correspondence of homes and buildings

Features of Civilization

-Government
-Writings
-Occupation
-Complex Beliefs

Cradle of Civilization

~a place where civilization begins
~The area is usually near to a constant water source-rivers and seas
~places where there is plenty of rain and sunshine to support the growth of their crops and providing drinking water for them

Civilization

1. when the culture within a community has developed over a period of time and becomes very advanced
2. the act of living in a city
3. people lived in fic places villages, which gradually grow into towns and cities.
4.economic exchange
5. development of religions/philosophies
6. social hierarchy and different occupation
7. a form of human society
8. Culture- includes language, eating the same food, oveying the same rules and laws and they follow the SAME customes and tradition

Concepts

Civilization
Empire
Kingdom
Maritime trade

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What and Why

What is history

It is the study of past human events.

Why study history?

So that you learn from past successes and failures and we also learn to understand and respect one another. It also helps develop our critical thinking skills.