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1.2 - Foundational Civilizations
Saturday, June 24, 2017 3:49 PM
LESSON 1.2.0 | OVERVIEW
Starting with the early river civilizations of Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley and Ancient
Egypt, Crash Course World History looks at the transition from foraging to farming with all of
the positives and negatives that came along with it. While there were important differences,
these civilizations had a lot in common which begs some important questions about why these
spots?
VOCABULARY
Civilization –
The process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and
organization.
LESSON 1.2.1 | ACTIVITY
PURPOSE
This activity provides you with an opportunity to start thinking about the impact that farming can have
on the way humans live and relate to each other. It will also allow you to think about the kinds of
questions archaeologists and historians might ask when they must rely upon artifacts rather than
written evidence to learn about the past.
Describe the burial: What does the tomb or
grave look like? How was the body
prepared? Were there any objects in the
grave or tomb?
What conclusions would you draw about the
wealth, power, and social status of each of the
individuals from these three burials? Explain
your reasoning.
EGYPT I can see that there are a few pots made out of
clay and the body looks like it was tampered
with or moved around.
The remains look like they were either moved or
tampered with because they look like they were
moved to where the leg and the arm are touching
one another. The pots say that they believed in life
after death.
GREECE This looks like a man with a gold face because
all I see is the gold face.
This guy was extremely wealthy because he had a
face made out of gold.
XIAN These are the terra cotta soldiers they were put
in there to protect the King that was buried in
there.
I would say that this king was very important
because they had tons of these clay soldiers to
protect him in the afterlife. This also suggests that
they believed in life after death .

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LESSON 1.2.2 | WATCH |
Indus V a lley C ivil iz a ti on: C r a sh C ourse World His to ry #2 -
YouTu be
PURPOSE
Crash Course World History #2 introduces you to one of the earliest civilizations: the Indus
Valley. Once humans started banding together and had a surplus of food production, they tended to
settle along rivers. Rivers gave humans access to nutrient rich soils in which to plant crops, provided
food surpluses, and opened travel and trade with other established communities. What’s special about
the Indus Valley Civilization is the structures its inhabitants built: buildings designed to catch the wind