HIST103 Midterm: Definitions for Exam 1
22 Feb 2018
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Characterized by innovations such as polished stone introduction of agriculture, animal domestication, sun-dried bricks, plaster, and pottery- most of the key elements of agrarian society. Because agriculture increased, there was a surplus of food, thus resulting in less movement and an increased population. This led to more employment, a more developed economy and community, and begun trade. Civilization around the tigris and euphrates river begin; villages form into cites in sumer. The sumerians had organized themselves into several city- states that were spread throughout the southern part of the region. These city-states were independent of one another and were fully self-reliant centers, each surrounding a temple that was dedicated to god or goddess specific to that city-state. Each city-state was governed by a priest king (polytheistic religion). These city-states shared little else, and were in a constant state of warfare, often battling each other for control over water supplies and the fertile land.
