Complex Societies Background Information

Complex

Societies

Overview

What is a complex society?

How did they evolve and change?

After the Neolithic Agricultrual Revolution, humans adapted quickly to living in communities.

Foraging

Another word for hunting and gathering

pastoralist

Raising herds of animals and migrating with them as the seasons change.

Nomadic

People who move from place to place with the seasons and their herds are called nomadic.

STATE: an organized community living under a unified political system

EMPIRE: A state that rules over a large territory and group of states.

City-state

A small state that rules just one city and the surrounding country-side. Examples: Washington, DC, Singapore, Vatican City ancient Athens and Sparta

Washington, DC

Fertile Crescent

Nile Delta

A crescent-shaped area of land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. FERTILE means capable of growing crops.

The place where the Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea

Intensify Agriculture

Agrarian

Farming Communities. They practiced agriculture.

Focus on staying in one place, storing food, protecting against invaders.

Standardized meaures

Staple Crops

Crops that are important for survival: wheat, corn, millet...

Units of measure that everyone agrees on: the mile, kilometer, pound, gram...

Temperate Climate

Famine

Lack of access to enough food which can lead to malnutrition and starvation.

Mild climate with winters that do not get too cold, summers that don't get too hot

Continuity

DYNASTY

A form of government where a ruler passes power through the family, usually to the ruler's family.

Continue over time, changing very little

Ziggurat

Divine Right

The belief that a ruler was given power to rule by a god or gods, or was the embodiment of god on earth.

Ancient Mesopotamian tower with a temple on the top.

Centralized Power

Fragmented Power

Government power in one place that dictates what everyone can do. Too much power is called a dictatorship.

Periods of time when a central government has lost power leading to small governments that might be in conflict with one another..

Collective Learning

Bureaucracy

Ways of thinking that are still used and referred to today

Structured government with rules and laws and procedures to follow.

artisan

scribe

Person who makes things by hand that requires skill

Person who writes or rewrites (transcribes) texts for others.

Infrastructure

Aqueduct

The roads, water and power grids and transportation systems that get us around.

Roman system of channeling water across the empire

republic

Pax Romana

A system of government in which a central government is elected by the people

A long period of peace (pax) in Roman (Romana) history

Conquest

Innovation

To take over, conquer

New ways of thinking, new technologies

Hierarchy

A social system with rulers at the top and poor people at the bottom.

Hierarchy

A social system with rulers at the top and poor people at the bottom.

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Present your genially ...

Using an outline, to convey everything in an orderly fashion.

Calmly and concisely. Summarize the content.

Managing your voice. It’s your best ally.

Show enthusiasm! Breathe deeply and say what you came to say.

After plenty of practice. Improvisation works best when you’re prepared!

Using an outline, to convey everything in an orderly fashion.

Maintaining eye contact with your audience. 'The eyes, chico.’

Maps are a great ally, use them!

Animation adds value to our content by helping us to capture attention, prioritize ideas, and make sure our audience remembers the content.

A boring presentation

VS

1. Your audience is in a daze.
2. Nobody understands anything you’ve said.
3. You hear your audience snoring.
4. There’s so much text that there’s no room for images.

A Wow presentation

1. You hold your audience’s attention.
2. Everyone assimilates the information you’ve shared.
3. You hear your audience applauding.
4. Interactivity and animation are your allies.

Use graphs in your presentation ...

To highlight super relevant info. 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight.

Statistics transmit professionalism and a greater sense of truth.Try to also always include the source.

Introduce your team

Name Surname. Profile

Name Surname. Profile

Use this space to briefly describe your team: what your names are and what you do.

Use this space to briefly describe your team: what your names are and what you do.

Don’t forget to publish!

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• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

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With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.

Got an idea?

Let the communication flow!

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to wow your audience. You can also highlight a particular sentence or piece of information so that it sticks in your audience’s minds, or even embed external content to surprise them: Whatever you like! Do you need more reasons to create dynamic content? No problem! 90% of the information we assimilate is received through sight and, what’s more, we retain 42% more information when the content moves.

• Generate experiences with your content.
• It’s got the Wow effect. Very Wow.
• Make sure your audience remembers the message.