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Ancient Civilizations, (Hart 34) Location: Ancient Egypt was beside the…

- - - - (Steele 24) Architecture: A lasting symbol of Mesopotamia is the ziggurat, a massive terraced platform made of mud bricks. It represented a mountain stretching from the earth to the heavens. Temple platforms were being built at Eridu as early as 5000 BCE, but the great age of ziggurat building began in the reign of Ur-Nammu (2112-2095 BCE).
  - - - (Steele) Art: Mesopotamia wore different clothes depending on their social rank. Like Ancient Egypt, they have a king, and a queen.
- - - - The author wrote that the people in the cities of the Indus Valley care greatly about hygiene, and that's why their cities resembled the importance of this idea they have created. Some architectural construction they have created is very impressive, such as warehouses, brick platforms, ETC. The city also had walls to protect them from outside attackers, and floods. https://sites.google.com/mccsc.k12.in.us/history-of-south-asia/home/3300-bc-1500-bc-indus-river-valley-civilization/architecutretechnology
  - - - The text said that his Ancient civilization writing is a very confusing aspect because no one can decipher their writing. 400 or more symbols have been discovered, and they are located on many types of materials. This means we an only gain very small amounts of information about their civilization. https://sites.google.com/mccsc.k12.in.us/history-of-south-asia/home/3300-bc-1500-bc-indus-river-valley-civilization/writing
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        (Cotterell 24 - 26 Architecture.technology: China has been the reason for many advancements in science and technology, such as their inventions. The inventions can be known as seismograph, the first printing press, etc. The seismograph was used to detect an earthquake. If a ball were to fall from what holds it into the right container, they would know to head right to find where it was. The printing press was used to put text using ink into wooden blocks, which had carved letters in them beforehand.These are then put on to paper and the message is created
        
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        (Cotterell 56-58) China has always been known for it's great arts and crafts. In imperial China, luxury goods formed the major export commodities such as Chinese bronze, jade, silk, lacquer, and porcelain were prized. After the scholars and the peasant farmers, artisans were considered the most important citizens of society. They produced tools for agriculture and weapons for the armor. The Terracotta warriors are a good example of art, such as emperor Huang Di, who surrounded his grade with 8000 terracotta warriors to protect him
        
        Trade/Commerce: Silk road
        
        (Cotterell 58-60) Trade flourished under the Yuan dynasty, and through their years of ruling, they permitted merchants to trade freely throughout the Yuan's empire. They controlled the entire silk road, trade routes that run through Northern China across Asia. Caravans had helped International trade thrive because caravans could travel without trade. Chinese merchants had gained large fortune through the trades of silk, spices, teas, porcelain, and lacquerware. Trades were also helped spread because of Marco Polo, who went to China. He wrote about his travels to China, and this increased cultural diffusion.