Ancient Civilizations

Location

Egypt

Indus Valley

North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River,

Present-day Pakistan's Punjab, south as the Gulf of Khambhat and east as the Yamuna (Jumna) River.

Language/Script

Indus Valley

Mesopotamia

Script-corpus of symbols, Language spoken Harappan

Language Spoken Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian (Akkadian), Amorite, and Aramaic. Script-Cuneiform

Social Structure

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Egypt

China

Divided into Classes

Social Classes. Upper, Middle, Lower Class

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Architecture

Egypt

Indus Valley

Egyptian pyramids, temples, palaces, tombs, fortresses

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The Great Bath, Great Granary and Fortress

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Religion

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Polytheistic

Polytheistic Beliefs

Contributions and Inventions

China

Mesopotamia

Gunpowder, paper, printing, compass

Wheel, Chariot, Sailboat, Time, Map and Mathematics

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Kings and Important personalities

China

Mesopotamia

Qin Shi Huang, Kublai Khan, Mao Zedong

Ur-Nammu, Sargon of Akkad, Hammurabi

Interesting facts

Interesting Facts

China

Indus Valley

The Last Emperor of China, Puyi, became ruler when he was only 3 years old

It is the largest of the four great ancient civilizations and probably the oldest.

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Ancient Egypt (])

Mesopotamia

Indus Valley

Ancient China