Characteristics of Civilizations

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What is an example of specialization?

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People having different jobs in a society

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What geographic feature did most civilizations develop near?

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Water

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all civilizations share? Religion, Job Specialization, Technology, Population

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Population

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Which characteristic of civilization divides society between a Upper Class, Middle Class, and Lower Class?

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Social Hierarchy

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Earliest form of writing ever invented?

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Cuniform

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This feature created laws, collected taxes, and organized defense of the city.

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Government

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This characteristic was the result of surplus food, which drew more and more people to settle in one place.

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Cities

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This characteristic included royalty, priests, merchants, artisans, workers, and slaves. Status relates to importance or wealth.

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Social Hierarchy

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This feature freed people from doing every task and allowed them to do the work they were good at.

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Job Specialization

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Who gives Hammurabi the power to write his laws? "The gods called on me, Hammurabi, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land."

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The gods