THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOPED IN RIVER VALLEYS WHERE PEOPLE COULD CARRY ON THE LARGE-SCALE FARMING THAT WAS NEEDED TO FEED A LARGE POPULATION. AS FOOD BECAME MORE ABUNDENT, MORE PEOPLE WOULD LIVE IN THE CITY
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
GOVERNMENTS WERE USUALLY LED BY MONARCHS WHO ORGANIZED ARMIES TO PROTECT THEIR POPULATIONS AND MADE LAWS TO REGULATE THEIR SUBJECTS LIVES.
WRITING
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THEY DEVELOPED RELIGIONS TO EXPLAIN THE FORCES OF NATURE AND THEIR ROLES IN THE WORLD. THEY BELIEVED THAT GODS AND GODDESSES WERE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY'S SUCCESS.
ART
RULERS AND AN UPPER CLASS OF PRIESTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND WARRIORS DOMINATED SOCIETY. BELOW THIS CLASS WAS A LARGE GROUP OF FREE PEOPLE-FARMERS, ARTISIANS, AND CRAFTSPEOPLE. AT THE BOTTOM WAS A SLAVE CLASS.
RULERS, PRIESTS, MERCHANTS, AND ARTISIANS USED WRITING TO KEEP ACCURATE RECORDS.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THEIR WRITING
ARCHITECTS BUILT TEMPLES AND PYRAMIDS AS PLACES FOR WORSHIP OR SACRIFICE OR FOR THE BURIAL OF KINGS AND OTHER IMPORTANT PEOPLE. PAINTERS AND SCULPTURES PORTRAYED STORIES OF NATURE.