More Notes

Today in Western Civ. we continued to take notes. The Tigris and Euphrates are the two rivers in Mesopotamia and they have unpredictable flooding, no natural barrier, and scarce building resources. The Sumerians were the first group of people to form a civilization. The five characteristics to a civilization are 1. advanced cities 2. specialized workers 3. complex institutions 4. record keeping 5. improved technology. Jared Diamond mentioned a few of these in his video. They also grew barley and wheat which are also another two things that Jared Diamond mentioned in his video.