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ancient civilizations 
mesopotamia
architecture
The author wrote that ziggurats look just like central american pyramids with only a few differences.the author said ''ziyarats looked similar to the stepped pyramids'' (Steele 24)
location: the author wrote mesopotamia was between the two great rivers, the tigers river and then ephesus. iraq is were mesopotamia was (Steele 6)
writing
i know because the babylonians akkadians and assyrians used soft clay to keep history of business deals and ownership we have found at least 10,000 cuneiform texts at loyal libraries in nineveh they have 700 different symbols pictographs and
the author said government ''Sumerian rulers enjoyed great power and fame and their exploits and deeds were remembered for centuries. Some rulers, such as Gilgamesh of Uruk'' an example of a ruler of mesopotamia is hammurabi and he developed his own law system called hammurabi code
art
the author wrote they molded clay into simple pots and also they invented pottery wheels they also made looms, women made cloth from wool then linen
religion
the author wrote''the sumerians worshiped many gods and goddesses they believed that the stars traveling across the night sky were the crows of sin or Nanna'' They had many more gods like Enki, Apsu, Enill and many more.
ancient egypt
architecture
One page 20 it says the first pyramids was built as the burial place of king Djoser in 2560 bce that was there first pyramids now their are 8 pyramids (Hart)
writing
On page 34 the author said''Scribes had to be experts in writing hieroglyphs, an elaborate form of picture-writing with about 700, were used on state monuments, temples, tombs, and religious papyri (Hart)
government
location The author wrote on page 8 ''Desert covers more than 90% of egypt.called the red land the desert''its also along the nile river'' (Hart)
art
on page 54 The author wrote''From the earliest times, flax provided linen for clothes for everyone in ancient Egypt. The earliest picture of a loom in Egypt Is on a pottery bowl dated to c. 3000 BCE (Hart)
religion
On page 24 it said that the ''worshiped hundreds of different gods . the main gods were named osiris, Isis, Hours, Seth, Ptah, Re. and that is only a couple of them and goddesses'' (Hart)
ANCIENT CHINA
Writing:on page 11 it says a ox bone was schorshed until cracked the cracks were then read,they use the oracle bones to get advice of a certain time or trouble,the answers to the questions were often inscribed in the bone (Cotterell)
Trade/Commers: on page 58 it says ´´TRADE FLOURISHED under the Mongol, or Yuan, dynasty. The Mongol emperors ruled China from 1279 to 1368 and permitted merchants to trade freely throughout their vast empire.(Cotterell
Religion On page 26 it says N IMPERIAL CHINA, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS were divided into the "three ways" of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism those were the main religions of china.(Cotteral
Art on page 32 it showed many exampled of chinese poetry and other art like high quality jade, different pots, it goes into detail on an emperors poem, it says ¨This delicate jade bowl stand is carved in the shape of a bi, a disk. China also painted and made some of the first paint brushes, they also have poems.(Cotteral)
Location: on page 6 it says ´´china from other cultures in India, West Asia, and Europe, and many hundreds´´(cortterall)
Government on page 16 it says ¨in 221 bc the chinese empire was formed the qin soldiers defeated he last of their enemies and the was emperor of the qIn dynasty was Zheng. ( cotterell)
Indus Valley
location The Indus Valley region was a region rich in fertile soil, ideal for agriculture. The Indus plain is surrounded by high mountains, desert, and ocean.
architecture/technology The people within the Indus Valley created well-planned cities. Specifically, the people during this time cared deeply about hygiene, and their cities resembled the importance of this idea. These early cities show remnants of the world's earliest sanitation system. With the cities, people could obtain water from wells. Also, within many homes, some rooms had facilities in which waste water was directed to cover drains and these lined the major streets. This was VERY advanced for the time.
government the government was split into 5 groups the highest of these groups are brahmana witches are the high educated then there are Kshatriya: rulers and warriors then there are Vaishya: farmers, artisans, and merchants and then there are Sudra: laborers and servants and then there is the lowest class called Dalits "Untouchables": outside of a caste and considered the lowest members of society. [images (5)]!(attached://66a7d96be68642b1d9abe78bb631effa 150x107)
writing over 400 symbols have been uncovered from different locations many of the symbols are located on seals,ceramic pots,and other types of materials and still today were finding new symboles
religion
´Much of what we know about them today also came from sacred writing called the Vedas. The Vedas are mostly religious texts, but they also described famous victories of the Aryans as they invaded India. The religion of the ancient Aryans, known as Brahmanism, was polytheistic and heavily influenced the later development of Hinduism. Both religions have much in common and share many rituals´´
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