WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The economy of early villages and cities was based mainly on
A
trade.
B
farming.
C
hunting and gathering.
D
the production of tools.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cities were at the center of all early civilizations. People from surrounding areas came to cities to live, work, and trade. This meant that large populations of individuals who did not know each other lived and interacted with one another.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Çatalhöyük’s economy was based mainly on farming. By contrast, Uruk’s more complex economy was based on both farming and trade. Workshops that produced all kinds of goods lined the city’s streets.

Detailed explanation-3: -The three basic features of most early civilizations are food, shelter, and water.

Detailed explanation-4: -Atalhöyük and Sumer are two ancient civilizations with distinct differences. Atalhöyük was a Neolithic settlement in present-day Turkey and lived between 7500 and 5700 BCE. Unlike Sumer, which was one of the first city-states in the world, there were no significant class divisions seen in burials at Çatalhöyük.

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