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.
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