the NINE ELEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION It all starts

• It all starts with this one. 1. Agriculture: Agriculture is FARMING. Farming

2. Organized Government: • ‘political structure’ to make and enforce laws, collect taxes, and

3. Complex Religion: SYSTEM • ‘not just beliefs, but a belief • When faith

4. Job Specialization: • Different folks have different jobs. (not everybody’s job is ‘get

5. Social Classes (or in some modern civilizations, Social Structure): (closely connected with job

6. Arts and Architecture: Creative expression, including • Arts: drawing, painting, sculpture, music, literature,

7. Public Works: • Government building and maintenance programs… includes roads / water systems

8. Written Language The use of VISUAL SYMBOLS to represent ideas or sounds

9. Cities: when a large human population lives together in a single settlement. This

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the ‘NINE ELEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION’.

• It all starts with this one. 1. Agriculture: Agriculture is FARMING. Farming is the planting of and cultivation of crops and domestication of animals for ‘human use’

2. Organized Government: • ‘political structure’ to make and enforce laws, collect taxes, and create ‘Public Works*’

3. Complex Religion: SYSTEM • ‘not just beliefs, but a belief • When faith becomes institutionalized. • Features of Complex Religions include • Religious leaders • Religious buildings, such as churches, mosques, temples, or synagogues rituals • Religious services, and ceremonies • Religious holidays • In many civilizations, both ancient and modern, religion is very influential in government. (often linked with organized government) ’

4. Job Specialization: • Different folks have different jobs. (not everybody’s job is ‘get food’ anymore)

5. Social Classes (or in some modern civilizations, Social Structure): (closely connected with job specialization) • This is a SYSTEMATIC division of status within a society, where people of different jobs, over many generations, begin to have different and privileges than other people. Once you were born into a level, it was nearly impossible to change rights We Americans struggle to understand this one, because WE BELIEVE IN AND PRACTICE , which is our ability to rise and fall in wealth, power, and standing in society!!! Social Mobility

6. Arts and Architecture: Creative expression, including • Arts: drawing, painting, sculpture, music, literature, drama (not the ninth grade kind), dance, ceramics, and much more. and • Architecture (and Engineering, and Technology): PLANNED buildings and structural systems, designed using math and science.

7. Public Works: • Government building and maintenance programs… includes roads / water systems / irrigation systems / sewers, etc. • MANY Public Works are examples of what we call INFRASTRUCTURE you all used PUBLIC WORKS this morning on your way to school!!!

8. Written Language The use of VISUAL SYMBOLS to represent ideas or sounds

9. Cities: when a large human population lives together in a single settlement. This is a good time to re-introduce the word ‘urban’, which means ‘city or city-like’