1. Civilization Comparison: PERSIART-ME Matrix
PERSIART-ME
POLITICAL –
type of gov/ ruler,
administration
ECONOMY –
type / trade / products
Long distance trade?
Regional?
RELIGION/Belief
importance in society/
Which belief system or
ideology?
SOCIAL –
Org. & hierarchy/
Gender roles
Forced Labor?
INTELLECTUAL –
Education, philosophy,
Literature

2. ART/Architecture
RELATIONSHIPS
W/ other important
societies, and sense of
their own unity?
TECHNOLOGY –
Innovations, Spread to
or from
Migration &
Population
In or out? Who?
Why? Effects?
ENVIRONMENT
Human effect on
environment, and
environmental effect
on people
Vocabulary
Words