https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/activity-opener-which-frame-origins 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Which Frame? Consider how the course frames relate to the development of states and make a prediction about which frame will be most important in this lesson. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/activity-sourcing-introduction 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Sourcing—Introduction Sourcing is the act of understanding who wrote a document and where and why they wrote it, for the purpose of analysis. In this activity, you'll discover how and why authors frame events. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/article-growth-of-cities 2025-12-24T13:47:29.578179834Z Growth of Cities Cities forever changed the way humans lived. They introduced complex social hierarchies, a division of labor, job specialization, and connected with other cities and surrounding rural areas through networks. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/activity-causation-population-growth 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Causation—Population Growth In this activity, you'll examine the possible causes and consequences of population growth from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE, as humans transitioned to agriculture and began forming agrarian societies. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/article-what-is-a-state 2025-12-24T13:47:29.578179834Z What is a State? What's a state? How and why did states form? It turns out that historians actually don't agree on the answers to either of these questions. Let's explore some of the debates about states. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/article-what-is-an-empire 2025-12-24T13:47:29.578179834Z What is an Empire? Empires have been one of the most common features of human societies throughout history. But what are they? This article gives a basic definition and highlights several important features common to empires. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/activity-state-vs-empire 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: State vs. Empire What counts as an empire? How do you identify a state? Evaluate several examples of ancient societies and decide which were states and which were empires. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/article-rise-of-empires-akkadians-and-assyrians 2025-12-24T13:47:29.578179834Z Rise of Empires: Akkadians and Assyrians The Akkadian and Assyrian empires were two of the world's first empires. Their conquests reshaped Mesopotamia. Later empires had much in common with these originals. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/a/activity-closer-two-truths-and-a-lie 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Two Truths and a Lie Can you spot the lie? Test your knowledge of the first cities, states, and empires. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:early-agrarian-societies/x66f79d8a:the-first-cities-states-and-empires-3-3/e/3-3-practice 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z The First Cities, States, and Empires Practice what you learned in lesson 3.3! Jessica Shattuck exercise