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organized government is super important because it helps organize a civilization. It also helps keep order so there are no mad people running around with with knives.

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religion helps maintain order because people will most likely behave when they belele there are gods watching them. Religion also helps people connect to each other.

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Class divisions are important to a civilization because it separates more important people from working. For example,
-Higher class-
-Middle class-
-Lower class-
lower class only works.Mostly in the fields but sometime for a palis.
Middle class is where soldiers are and rich people dwell.
Higher class is only for the highest of royalty and richest of people.

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The first writing is called cuneiform. Cuneiform is the symbols written on a clay tablet. writing systems help civilizations get a message from one place to another and civilizations set up trade. But sadly only the wealthy boy could learn to write. These boys were called scribes. Writing also helps people keep stories and information.

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Cities are important to civilizations because they show the vast majority of land it holds. Lower cities produce food for higer cities and city states. The best and most important cities are right by big sources of water.  This is because those cities can use the water to drink and most importantly trade. In the map below are mesopotamian cities. Of these Babylon has the best location because it is between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which, are good for trading and transportation. They also connect to the persian gulf. Due to the rivers farming and herding are more easier than for others in different locations.

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art is very common in civilizations. Its was a very popular hobby. Both rich and poor could paint. With high quality paints or just plain old dirt. People painted and did sculptures of there gods.