Forming Complex Societies

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•Essential Question: Why did early people begin to live together in villages?

•Why did societies begin to develop? What factors lead to their formation?

Farming Villages1. Why did farming villages develop?

Farming VillagesAnswer:Some farmers produced enough

surplusfood to support more people

Farming Villages

2. What details about the houses of Çatal Hüyük suggest that the village was a permanent settlement?

Farming Villages

•Answer: The houses were made of baked clay

bricks, and people decorated their homes with paintings and carvings of women, bulls, and other images.

The houses were made of baked clay bricks, and people decorated their homes with paintings and carvings of women, bulls, and other images.

Çatal Hüyük

Farming Villages3. Near what resources did highly

successful farming communities develop?

Farming Villages•Answer: Water and good soil

Farming Communities Spread

Greece

Greece

Animals Raised Plants Grown

• Cattle• Sheep• Pigs

• Wheat• Barley• Other grains

Asia (present day India, Pakistan)

Asia (present day India, Pakistan)

Animals Raised Plants Grown

• Cattle• Water buffalo• Other Animals

• Grains• Other Crops

Mehrgarh

Mehrgarh

Animals Raised Plants Grown

• Not known • Cotton

Farming Communities Spread5. What two advantages did terraces

provide for the Yangshao people?

Farming Communities Spread•Answer:More flat land for farming and

protectionfrom floods

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