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
Egypt
China
Divided into Classes
Social Classes. Upper, Middle, Lower Class
Architecture
Egypt
Indus Valley
Egyptian pyramids, temples, palaces, tombs, fortresses
The Great Bath, Great Granary and Fortress
Religion
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Polytheistic
Polytheistic Beliefs
Contributions and Inventions
China
Mesopotamia
Gunpowder, paper, printing, compass
Wheel, Chariot, Sailboat, Time, Map and Mathematics
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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