Ancient People Used Their M'I'N'D'S' to develop Economically

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Ancient People Used Their M.I.N.D.S. to develop
Economically
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Metal tools and weapons (bronze, iron) are
developed
http//www.eternalegypt.org/images/elements/200040
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http//www.virtual-egyptian-museum.org/Collection/
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Increasing trade along rivers and by sea because
of improved technologies (Phoenicians)
http//www.btinternet.com/k.trethewey/AncientLigh
ts/Images/PhoenicianShip1A.jpg
http//home.cfl.rr.com/crossland/AncientCivilizati
ons/Middle_East_Civilizations/Phoenicians/byblos_-
Phoenician_ship.jpg
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New tools, plows, and irrigation leads to an
agricultural surplus

• Surplus extra
• A surplus of grain means they grew more grain
  than they needed.

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Development of worlds first cities
The ruins of Uruk

• Depiction of Lagash in Sumer
• http//home.earthlink.net/valis2/images/lagash.jp
  g

http//oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IS/SANDERS/PHOTOS/MESO/U
RUK/uruk53.jpg
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Specialization of labor

• People given more specific or specialized roles
  in the society.
• Society is more efficient because people do their
  jobs well.