Early Civilizations (5th period A)

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Ancient Chinese

Indus River Valley

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Organization: officials, merchants, slaves

Women were not represented as much as today

Upper, middle & lower classes

Government kings ruled

King Hummurabi established the first Babylonian empire

Law- Code Hammurabi

Used reeds to build structures

Used rivers for agricultural purposes

Fertile region between tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Polytheistic belief system

People believed in multiple gods

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Primarily trade and commerce led to development of economics

Economic depended on where people were located

Silver rings were used in Mesopotamia as currency.

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women and men were valued equally

either low or high class from birth

five levels of classes: brahmins-priests, kshatriyas-warriors and rulers, vaisyas-skilled traders, sudras-unskilled workers, pariah-outcasts

karma was a big role in law

Two major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization: Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

Theocracy government - run by a priest

didn't grow rice that well

Indus houses had flat roofs

grew cotton in the summer

religion- hinduism, buddhism, jainism

believed river had healing powers

also believed if you saw a dog while sick you would heal

had traders and craftsmen

cotton was an important product

currency was traded goods instead of money

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shang tribe

fished

gong

emperors

dinasties

emperors ruled everything

flood control

iron working

pottery

structured society

king ruled

highly bureaucratic

cowride shells as money

Silk traded for for goods and services

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Woman, though still oppressed, had more opportunities in life than other civilization at this time.

According to the class someone was part of, they could read or not.

Tyranny for pharaoh

Conquered by Alexander the Great 400 B.C.E.

Pharaoh appointed through birthright

Mud blocks for housing and pyramids

Large scale architecture

use irrigation

The Ebers Papyrus

Basic Surgery

Ancient Egyptian religion

Slavery

Traded gold, spices, grain

Use of Nile River

Class system

Rituals and ceremonies took place

Polytheistic

used non coin form of silver and gold as curency

was a medical doccument

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