WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The shape that could be used to describe the structure of social classes in early civilizations is the pyramid. In the absence of social classes the whole system will break down, and the social classes provide basis for a successful civilization.

Detailed explanation-2: -Religion impacted the civilizations of the ancient world by greatly influencing how peoples of ancient civilizations acted, how they thought about the world around them, how civilizations were organized and maintained, and how they interacted with civilizations of another religion.

Detailed explanation-3: -All civilizations have certain characteristics. These include: large population centers; monumental architecture and unique art styles; shared communication strategies; systems for administering territories; a complex division of labor; and the division of people into social and economic classes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Civilization means: the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced, and also defined as complex culture with five characteristics. Those five characteristics are: advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology.

Detailed explanation-5: -While modern civilizations extend to every continent except Antarctica, most scholars place the earliest cradles of civilizations-in other words, where civilizations first emerged-in modern-day Iraq, Egypt, India, China, Peru and Mexico, beginning between approximately 4000 and 3000 B.C.