Ancient Civilizations

Location

The indus valley civilization was located from Balochistan (Pakistan) to western Uttar Pradesh

The egyption civilization was located near by the nile river.

Language and Script

Indus valley civilization had an unknown language but a writing known as the indus script.

People spoke Sumerian in mesopotamia and Cuneiform was the script used.

Social structure

The social structure in ancient china divided people into different social classes

Egyption people had god with the highest priority in their social class

Architecture

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Egypt made pyramids, temples, tombs, ect

Indus valley made block based cities, roads, the great bath, ect

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Religion

People of mesopotamia were polytheistic

Egyptians followed monotheistic religion

Contributions and Inventions

the chinese invented the printing, compass, paper, ect

Mesopotamian people invented farming, wheel, map, ect

interesting facts

The number 8 is the luckiest Chinese number because it sounds like the word for “wealth.”

It is named Mesopotamia due to its location between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris.

Kings and Important personalities

Chinese had Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Taizong of Tang, ect

Mesopotamia had Naram-Sin, Sargon the Great, ect

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