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Unit Two: Ancient Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Architecture (Buildings)
On page 24-25 it said the ziggurats where used for giving things to the gods.The ziggurats where that tall because the people thought higher it was the closer to the gods they where. (Steele 24-25)
Writing
On page 12-13 the text said they wrote things down to record them and show ownership, in 3300 bce they where writing up to 700 pictographs. they used a stick made of cut reed,its tip was made a wedge shape when it was pressed into clay. (Steele 12-13)
Art
Victory stele of Naram-Sin is a statue people found in 1898 about a emperor.Naram-Sin is supposed to be the king of 4 regions
Religion
On pages 14-15 it said that the sumerians worshiped many gods that is called being polytheistic. they thought that passing stars where cows of sins or nanna the horned moon god.the sumerians believed the water floated on a ocean of fresh water.in the bible it helped goldsmiths,masons and woodworkers. Stele 14-15
Government
on page 30-31 it says people of the babylonians where the largest city in the world and had up to 200,000 people and it said it was the center of religion for a long time. A priest used sheep's liver as a notebook. Seele 30-31
Ancient Egypt
Location
In the text it said that the ancient Egyptians lived near the near the Nile river or in canals coming of of it.For example this area was also called the "Black Land" because after flooding there would be rick dark silt (Hart 8)
Government
According to the text on how the royal court in the government there would be royal and jubilee celebrations and the pharaoh usually got gifts. in the text it even states that when you met the pharaoh you kissed the floor beneath him (hart 12)
Architecture buildings
on page 47 it states Houses where made out of bricks and nile mud they left them in the sun to dry. it also says,That wealthy people had pools .
Religion
on page 24-25 it said they worship many gods this means they are polytheistic and it also mentioned that had a god that had a goat head that made the nile flood yearly Hart 24-25
Writing
on page 34 it says that the hieroglyphics have more than 700 different symbols and not many people except for scribes knew how to read it. there is also a picture of a label on the left and that is something scribes liked to right on their scrolls. Hart 24
ancient india
writing
In the text, it states that this has still not been deciphered. Archeologists have found over 400 different symbols but don't know what they all mean. This is a big reason why their whole civilization is missing some things like some things about their government (Prentice Hall: World Studios).
archetecture
In the text it said The advanced architecture and construction techniques providing granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls.the walls where probably to protect from flooding.there cities where very planned.(prentice Hall World Studies)
location
In the text it said the valley was good for agriculture because it had fertile soil.Around 5000 years ago, an alluvial plain developed into a civilization.the indus river valley covers most of modern day pakistan the north western portion of india ,and a bit of afghanistan (prentice hall world studies)
goverment
The author wrote the aryans had a large impact to ancient india for example the caste system was helpful to modern day india.people were divided by money and jobs.(prentice hall world of studies)
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religion
In the text, it states that their main religion was called Brahmanism. This was a polytheistic religion which means that they believed in more than one god. Their sacred text was called the Vedas and described famous victories of the Aryans (Prentice Hall: World Studies).
Ancient china
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writing : in the text it said the oracle bone was made from an ox bone or a turtle shell.the bone/shell was scorched in order to uncover answer to questions.the shang people used the oracle bone to communicate with there ancestors.( Cotterell 11)
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