New Civilizations and Empires

On Thursday 4th, Sept. we discussed the rise of new civilizations and empires. Our main point of the day is that civilizations advances through two primary ways: innovation and cultural diffusion. Innovation simply means the creation of something new from within the culture. Cultural diffusion refers to the process by which technology and ideas spread from one culture to another and are new ideas that come from outside of the culture.

 

If you were absent, you will need to print out the notes. The notes you will need to copy from a friend in the class and then use your textbook to complete the assignment. Because you do not have a textbook since today was textbook checkout day, you will need to come in before or after school or check a textbook out.

 

1) Please copy from a  friend the following notes.

Notes: New Civilizations and Empires

 

2) You will need to read Chapter 2 Section 4 of your text and create 16 total questions (8 for the Assyrians and 8 for the Persians) that a person should be able to answer about these civilizations. Your questions should require an answer that is more than 1 or 2 words and relate directly to one of the six characteristics of civilizations (i.e., cities, government, art, writing, religion, and social structure) as applicable to the Assyrians or Persians.

 

Thanks.