Elements of Civilization

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Evidence of Stable Food Supply

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Irrigation system with canals and levees

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Evidence of government in Sumer

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Images of a king collecting taxes

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Evidence of writing in Sumer

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Clay tablets

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Creative and cultural expression

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Arts

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Inventions that make life easier

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Technology

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Temples in ancient Greece

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Religion

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450 BCE: 12 bronze tablets for Roman laws

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Characteristic: government

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Characteristic of the wheel

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Technology

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Mesopotamia's writing system

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Cuneiform

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Top of social order in Mesopotamia

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Kings, priests, and nobles