2. WHAT IS CIVILIZATION?
The word "civilization"
comes from the Latin word
for townsman or citizen,
civis, and its adjectival
form, civilis. To be
"civilized" essentially meant
being a townsman,
governed by the
constitution and legal
statutes of that community
3. THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION
Civilization is defined as: highly organized society
marked by advanced knowledge of trade,
government, arts, science and often time written
language
4. WHAT IS THE FIRST KNOW SOCIETY
The earliest known civilizations (as defined in the
traditional sense) arose in Mesopotamia between
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq,
Persia in modern-day Iran, the Nile valley of Egypt.
The inhabitants of these areas built cities, created
writing systems, learned to make pottery and use
metals, domesticated animals, and created
complex social structures with class systems.
5. LOCATION OF THE ASIA MINOR
Its name means 'Lesser
Asia'. Asia Minor is a
region of the ancient
world that corresponds
roughly to modern day
Turkey, and is the area
were major civilization
is thought to begin.
6. WHO WERE THE EMPIRE BUILDERS
The Hittites conquered most of the local people in
the Asia minor area and set up city states.