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Political, Economic, Religious, Social Structures
Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush
Major River Systems, Agricultural techniques, Hammurabi's Code, Egyptian art and architecture, Egyptian Trade, the Nile, Queen Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, the Kush
THE COMPLETE 6.2
6.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush
- Locate and describe the major river systems and discuss the physical settings that supported permanent settlement and early civilizations.
- Trace the development of agricultural techniques that permitted the production of economic surplus and the emergence of cities as centers of culture and power.
- Understand the relationship between religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
- Know the significance of Hammurabi's Code.
- Discuss the main features of Egyptian art and architecture.
- Describe the role of Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Nile valley.
- Understand the significance of Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great.
- Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its political, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt.
- Trace the evolution of language and its written forms.