The Four Main Centres of Civilisations - F1A

The Four Main Centres of Civilisations

Multiple Select

Which of the following are features of "civilisation"?

• Writing

• Cities

• Government

• Religion

• Science and Technology

6 MAIN FEATURES OF CIVILISATION

• Writing

• Cities

• Commerce and trade

• Government

• Religion

• Science and technology

Four Main centres of ancient civilisation (pg. 29)

Four Great Civilisation of the Ancient World

• The Fertile Crescent (between the River Euphrates and River Tigris) (新月沃土)

• The Nile Valley (尼羅河流域)

• The Indus Valley (印度河流域)

• The Huanghe Valley (黃河流域)

Multiple Select

What is common (共同) among all the early civilisation?

• By a river

• In hills

• Protected by natural environment

• Extreme weather (極端天氣)

Multiple Choice

Which one is the oldest?

• Fertile Crescent

• Indus Valley

• Huanghe Valley

• Nile River Valley

How do these 4 civilisation fulfill the "features" of a civilisation?

Why did people choose to live in river valleys (河流流域)?

• hint: what can a river provide people?

Multiple Select

What can a river provide that makes lives easier?

• food

• drinking and farming water

• method of transportation

• god

• light

Why river valleys are cradles (搖籃) of ancient civilisation?

• Soil (泥土) on the river banks was fertile (肥沃) = good for farming= sufficient (充足) food

• Climate (氣候) was mild (溫和) and moist (濕潤)

• Travel (出行) and transportation (運輸)

• Food provided (提供) by river (fish and other animals which drink from river)

• Water for farming and keeping animals

Multiple Choice

What kind of building is this?

• Prison (監獄)

• Manson (莊園)

• Library (圖書館)

• Court (法庭)

Central Prison (demolished)

Multiple Choice

Last concept of today: When a house was demolished (拆卸) and a new house was built on the same site, are they the same house?

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

When Ur was conquered (佔領) by another ethnic group (民族) and build a new empire (帝國) in Fertile Crescent, were the 2 empire the same?

• YES

• NO