Characteristics of Civilization

A craftsperson

• Scribe

• Artisan

• Merchant

• Ziggurat

a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

• Civilization

• Technology

• Social Structure

• Culture

a characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

• Culture

• Ziggurat

• Scribe

• Technology

writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

• Cuneiform

• Technology

• Culture

• Artisan

a person who makes money by selling goods

• Merchant

• Artisan

• Culture

• Scribe

a symbol that stands for an object

• Pictograph

• Cuneiform

• Technology

• Civilization

a person who writes, recordkeeper

• Merchant

• Artisan

• Scribe

• Culture

the way a civilization is organized

• Social Structure

• Civilization

• Scribe

• Technology

the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

• Technology

• Culture

• Social Structure

• Cuneiform

an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

• Culture

• Social Structure

• Ziggurat

• Technology