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Post by Gregory Hewett on Oct 31, 2011 12:14:35 GMT 5.5
Welcome Back!
Work in your new groups to complete the following questions. You can use your notes.
1. Why did surpluses lead to the growth of trade?
2. What evidence do we have that leads us to believe that Catal Huyuk was a complex village?
3. What would be the pros and cons of living as a nomad? in a simple village? in a complex village?
4. How did specialization help to establish social classes?
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kate
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Post by kate on Nov 1, 2011 12:19:34 GMT 5.5
1. Why did surpluses lead to the growth of trade? Surpluses led to the growth of trade because they had more food and materials than they needed. Potters and weavers were the first to specialize. Specialization is a skill in one kind of work.Potters made vessels for storing food and water and weavers created cloth from cotton,wool and flax. When they had made these products, they traded them for surpluses.
2. What evidence do we have that leads us to believe that Catal Huyuk was a complex village? The evidence that led us to believe that Catal Huyuk was a complex village was the ruins of the houses and the artifacts that the archaeologists found. When the archaeologists found the ruins of the houses they could tell that the houses had similar floor plans to those of which we have now. The archeaologists could tell these houses were from a complex village because of the tools that they were built by. Catal hyuk people developed special ways to make tools which helped tham make bigger and better buildings/houses.
3. What would be the pros and cons of living as a nomad? in a simple village? in a complex village? The pros of living as a nomad are having more people to hunt for food, Having more people to keep you safe and having more people doing work which led to a complex life. The cons of living as a nomad are that thay cannot have a constant supply of surplus. Also if something bad happens to them it could happen to all of them.
4. How did specialization help to establish social classes? Since different people have different specialties some will be more complex than others. Those that are more complex then others will lead to higher classes.
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Post by ilari on Nov 1, 2011 12:21:34 GMT 5.5
Why did surpluses lead to the growth of trade?
As people had enough food, less people had to be farmers. This lead to people becoming specialists. Specialists back then were people who made pottery and cloth, they were more concentrated in one area of work. So the specialists were able to trade what they made with who gave them food.
2. What evidence do we have that leads us to believe that Catal Huyuk was a complex village? The first piece of evidence is that it had a population of about 5000 people, a lot more than that of a simple village. They also had many specialized workers, they made item such as mirrors, beads, cloth, and simple pottery. There was also a lot of trading and culture in Catal Huyuk, which shows that was a complex village. They also had complex houses and public buildings such as shrines for religious ceremonies.
3. What would be the pros and cons of living as a nomad? In a simple village? In a complex village? The pros of being a nomad are that they could just leave if something happens to the place they are living in. The cons are that they don’t have food surpluses and they can’t a complex houses because they were always moving. The pros to living in a simple village is that you usually have a food surplus so people can specialize. The cons are that the population cannot go too high and there is no government or rules to keep order. The pros to living in a complex village are that there is always surplus of food, and the population can become quite high. The cons are that if something bad happens to a village everybody living there will probably be affected.
4. How did specialization help to establish social classes?
As people specialized people began to have different jobs. As this happened people with similar skills developed into occupational classes. In this way people with similar customs background and income became social classes. Farmers, priests and rulers are social classes. Social classes are something that a complex village has and a simple village doesn’t have.
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Post by alice on Nov 1, 2011 12:22:02 GMT 5.5
1. Why did surpluses lead to the growth of trade? When agriculture techniques improved, not everyone had to farm and that way other people became specialization. Specializations were potters and weavers. Potters made vessels and weavers made cloth and then they traded their products with farmers for food. 2. What evidence do we have that leads us to believe that Catal Huyuk was a complex village? First, they developed special skill such as making tools and other products. Artisans made luxury items like mirrors and metal beads. They also produced cloth, wooden vessels, and simple pottery. Catal Huyuk had evidence that it’s a complex villiage because the people lived in permanent buildings. They had similar floor plans and government. It was also the center of the trade. 3. What would be the pros and cons of living as a nomad? in a simple village? in a complex village? Pro for living as a nomad could be hunting all the time because they are moving constantly, but the con is they have to keep on moving shifting their homes, so they are not able to farm or build strong houses. A pro for a simple village is that they had a settled home, and they could farm. A con is they didn’t have much specialized skills, and their lifestyle was far behind the lifestyle of complex village. A pro of living in complex village is that they had a great supply of skills and ideas. The con of complex village is they didn’t have TV!!! 4. How did specialization help to establish social classes? When food is surplus, specialization’s number increased, and they made a single group. Looking at that, farmers, priests, and rulers made their own group, and they ordered people from highest to lowest, and that is social classes.
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