The document outlines several core elements of civilization including advanced agriculture, long-distance trade, and specialized occupations such as builders, priests, teachers, and soldiers. Urbanism and cities with monumental buildings are also discussed as key elements, as well as secondary elements like laws, transportation systems, writing, astronomy, standardized measurements, mathematics, art, and advanced metallurgy.

1. Elements of a Civilization Core Elements

3. Using special tools and irrigation.

4. Irrigation is the controlled flow of water to your crops

6. Compared to hunter-gatherers you can have a few people feed thousands.

7. That leaves extra time for people to do other jobs.

9. Places to stay

10. Straight paths

11. Trade for stuff you need

12. Use animals to pull wagons

14. Be true to deal

15. Take extra supplies

16. Make sure your stuff is secure

18. houses

19. Priests- talk to god for natural

20. disasters.

21. Law enforcement- keep the law

22. Soldiers- fight wars for their

23. leaders

25. Scribes- write things for others to read

27. Without this we couldn't have great buildings and monuments like today!

28. We have revolutionized urbanism

30. Urbanism is one of the key core elements in a civilization

31. Elements of a Civilization Secondary Elements

33. Most countries use laws from the Ten Commandments, such as do not steal and don't murder.

35. Personal movement

36. Moving goods and services rapidly

38. A worker in the old days might have built a building to resemble there ruler

40. But before a writing system came it was a verbal communication

41. With a verbal language we forget so writing came which was pictographs (pictures)

43. You can talk with the gods

44. Know how to navigate

45. People who is good with math is good with stars

47. Instead of Bartering they've developed a system of “what is worth what”.

48. Money has a consistent size and weight. It is a broadly accepted standard.

50. Used to follow the stars and predict when to plant the seeds to make the crops

51. Used in nearly all of the elements of a great civilization

53. Used to explain religious cultures

54. Used to explain stories

55. Explains history

56. Made from paint, metal, gold

58. One must find the correct metal, heat it the metal, and shape it into what you want it to be.