Recognize the possible causes of change in civilizations (i.e., environmental change, political collapse, new ideas, warfare, overpopulation, unreliable food sources, and diseases). 6.5.12

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1. The Causes Of Civilization, The Middle East By 4000 B.C. - Over many centuries agriculture became more common and productive in the Middle East; it began to create the conditions for further innovations - including civilization
2. Climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations - Space observations provide clues as to how ancient civilizations, like that of the Mayans and the Old Kingdom of Egypt,
3. Why Civilizations Fall - This lesson is the first of a two-part series about the social changes that caused the collapse of important ancient civilizations in Central America, Mesopotamia, the southwestern United States, and western Africa. In these lessons, students learn about factors that cause major social changes and about prerequisites for a society’s survival.
4. Industrial Revolution - lesson plans and activities
5. Minoan Eruption - a society wiped out by a volcanic eruption
   1. Geology of the Eruption

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