Unit Two Ancient Civilizations 
Mesopotamia
Architecture
Location in the text it said that most of the area that was ancient mesopotamia was located in modern day Iraq.Two great rivers the tigris and Euphrates, join near Al-Qurnain Iraq.(Steele 6)
writing
Art
Religion
Government
Ancient Egypt
Location in the text it said that the ancient Egyptians lived near the Nile River or in various canals coming off of it.This area was also called the black land because after flooding after there would be rich dark silt.(hart 8)
religion: The Egyptians worshiped hundreds of different gods and goddesses. many of the gods are represented by animals: a baboon might stand for thoth, the god of wisdom, at one temple. and a moon god named khonsu at another
Government: At great state occasions like royal jubilee celebrations or the giving of gifts to favored countries, the king and court gathered together, and the top officials ect, some of these countries were relatives of the king, someone high office through their ability as scribes (hart 12)
architecture
art Many of the products and tools of the ancient Egyptian carpenter have survived, including a variety of objects made from the various trees that grew in the Nile valley or delta.For roofing beams the carpenter could use either the date palm or the doum palm. (Hart 42)
Writing Scribes hat to be experts at writing hieroglyphics an elaborate from the picture with about 700 different signs. It was deliberately kept complicated so that not to many people could master it. so that Scribes could keep there special position. Hieroglyphics were also used to state monuments, temples, tombs, ect. they could be written from left to right to top to bottom (hart 34)
The mesopotamians were writing down numbers over 5,000 years ago.The early civilizations of mesopotamia made astonishing advances in scholarship and learning,in astronomy, mathematics, medicine, geography and architecture
During the first babylonian empire students were using multiplication tables and calculating squares,square roots, cubes, and cube roots.Today's mathematics still use the old babylonian counting system, based on multiplies of 60, when they divide the circle into 360 degrees.
Ancient China
Art
Religion
Location
Writing: In the text it said Kings during the Shang dynasty used oracle bones to talk to ancestors.The people would use tortoise shells and ox bones in order to inscribe questions. The questions would be scripted in the bones. (Cotterell 11)
Commerce
Technology
Government
ANCIENT INDIA
Religion: The author wrote that most of them followed either Hinduism and Brahmanism. Both of the religions have lot of things in common including some rituals. Most of what we know about them comes from a writing called Vedas. ( Prince Hall: World Studies)
Location: The Author wrote that the Indus Valley civilization covered the modern day country of Pakistan, the northwestern portion of India, and a bit of Afghanistan. In the region under layers of dirt, people found remains or 4,000 year old cities. Around 5,000 years ago along an alluvial plain, the civilization developed and it was close to a major water source. (Prentice hall: World Studies)
Writing: In the text it said in different locations over 400 symbols have been discovered. Most of the symbols are located on materials such as seals, ceramic pots and more. One confusing aspect is that the writing can not be deciphered. (Prentice Hall: World Studies
Government: In the text it said the government the indus people used was called the caste system. They had a ranking of people with four different classes. With the lowest being the Untouchables.(Prentice Hall: World Studies)
Architecture/Technology: They deeply cared about the hygiene around there cities. An example is that they had wells for water and some houses had facilities for using the bathroom. They had many architecture buildings including warehouses, walls, and dockyards.(Prentice Hall: World Studies)