Early Civililiation Matrix

Early Civilizations Matrix

Using your readings and outside sources complete the following matrix. Be sure to address the following in your matrix:

• Provide names, titles, dates, brief descriptions of important events, and other details as necessary.

• Note the details of key political, socioeconomic, technological, artistic, musical, architectural, philosophical, and literary developments for each civilization listed in the table, which were evidenced in the humanities.

Be sure to properly cite the sources that you use in completing this matrix.

CivilizationPoliticsSociety/ EconomicsTechnologyArtMusicArchitecturePhilosophyLiteraturePrehistoric Man was dominant though woman was revered as mother. Small tribesSmall tribes for survival. Hunters and gatherers became herdsman and farmersDevelopment of crude tools to aid in survivalCave art, seemed to tell stories of conquests and survivalHomes made of mud and limestonePictographs were used combined to form ideogram and cuneiformMesopotamian Gods were first; followed by an individual priest-king regulated by armySocial order was figured by division of labor; ruler and officials, soldiers and servants; victims of war and slavesTools lead to development of jewelry and weapons, household goods and musical instrumentsJewelry musical instruments and statues carved to show the human likeness and in prayer to the divineExact music cannot be recovered but the prevalence is obvious in the finding of the instruments and some cuneiform tabletsZiggurat- terraced tower of mud and rock for burial, shrine and templeThe Hebrew bible beginnings in this era, The torah; the first five books of the Hebrew bibleAncient EgyptianPolitical power was linked with spiritual power. Ruled by pharaohs who were said to have the gods commandsOrder went as follows: ruling dynasty and the priestly caste, merchants, farmers, herders, artisans, soldiers, and servantsUtilization of wit given by the gods, many...