catal huyuk

According to archaeologist in order to be defined as a civilization certain criteria must be met. Early archaeologists believed in order to be considered a civilization a society must have cultural superiority, which meant they must have the ability to read and write. If this was the sole criteria used to judge if a society was labeled a civilization, then you could say the Inca of South America, who constructed cities on top of mountains …

…open areas didn’t just happen they were planned. Catal Huyuk had skilled craftsmen producing tools and weapons. They had innovators creating clay balls that could be used in many ways. They had merchants involved in the trade of obsidian, and let’s not forget about the city planners without whom none of this would have been possible. All these characteristics have led me to believe that Catal Huyuk should be regarded as a civilization.