Prehistory - created from Mind Map

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Definition- time before writing such as before 8000 B.C

Characteristics

End Of Prehistory

Mesopotamia

Sumeria

Lived in small family groups

Like Nomads they wandered around following crops and animals to hunt

Information about these type of people is found in painting, sculptures, and trash

Things changed in Middle East around 7000 B.C

People began to grow crops and and raise animals

Easier acsess to food which led to mre free time

As people devolped into small grops and cities grew

Government

Trade

Technology

The area that is between the Tigris and the Euphrates River which is also called the Cradle of Civilization

As civilization developed came laws and also irrigation system which helped grow crops

Cities grew into states which came together to create one main society

They had a polytheistic society which meant they had many gods

They developed many new techniques

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Each state had its own set of gods

They had temples which were called ziggurates

Sailboats

Plows

Potters Wheel

7 days a week

Lunar year

First know epic poem

It is about an Epic Hero whose might deeds reflect the values admired by the society

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh is supposedly 2/3 god and 1/3 mortal and the poem is about his search for immortality and him finding the answers to life and death

This events occured sometime between 2750 and 2500 B.C

Gilgamesh is a hero because he is more than the average human. He was more beautiful, stronger, and courageous than us – but he had one simularity with humans- he was mortal, just like us.

The epic is the story of his search for immortality and his search to understand why he must die.