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Ancient Civilizations 
Mesopotamia
Writing: On page 12 it says, the sumerians made the world's first script or writing. The called it cuneiform. It was made up of various shapes and letters to represent letters, numbers, and even objects.
Government: On page 10 it says, the empires were split into various "city-states". City-state rulers were given titles. Some including en, ensi, and lugal.
Architecture: On page 24, it said that Ziggurats are massive platform made of bricks. It represented a mountain in the sky. (Steele)
Location: On page 6, it said that the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers flow through the Middle East. Originally, the people that lived there didn't have a name for it, but the Greeks called it Mesopotamia. (Steele)
Art: On page 28 it says that, the mesopotamians mastered many different ways of art and technology. They were very advanced and were even making clay into simple pots by the eighth millennium.
Religion: On page 14 it said, the Mesopotamians were polytheistic. Which means they believe in many different gods. The people believed that the gods controlled every aspect of their world. (Steele)
Ancient Egypt
Religion: On page 24, it said "The Egyptians worshiped hundreds of different goddesses, and sometimes made it difficult to work out who has who".(Hart24) And that is what the Egyptians believed in.
Architecture: Pyramids were one of the main architectural ideas in ancient times. On page 20 it says, "The first pyramid was built as the burial place of King Djoser in c. 2650 BCE, by his gifted architect Imhotep (pp.34-35)."
Location: Ancient Egypt is located along the Nile river. The author wrote, "The Egyptians lived on the banks of the Nile River or besides canals extending from it."(Hart8)
Government: In Ancient Egypt the main "god and priest" was the pharaoh. On page 28 it says, "In theory, the pharaoh was supposed to preform the duties of the high priest in every temple in Egypt, but his place was usually taken by the chief priest.
Writing:The main form of writing in the Ancient Egyptian times was hieroglyphs which was a written form of picture-writing with around 700 different signs. On page 34, it says "Scribes had to be experts in writing hieroglyphs, an elaborate form of picture-writing with about 700 different signs."(Hart34).
Art: Egyptian jewelry was a important symbol of the egyptian religion. On page 56 it says, "You can see the glint of gold everywhere in Egyptian jewelry-- mines between the Nile and the Red Sea coast yielded large quantities of this precious metals." (Hart56)
Ancient China
Writing: On page 11, it said oracle bones were used to consult ancestors about important matters by the Shang Kings. To make an oracle bone they would use and ox bone or tortoiseshell. They would burn the bone and the cracks were deciphered as the answer to their questions.(Cotterell)
Location: On page 18 it said; When early members of the Chinese dynasty started building a big wall across the North Chinese Plain to protect them. It remained untouched by outer influences. Cut off from other places such as West Asia, Europe, and India. It took them almost a 100 years to find out that other civilizations existed (Cotterell)
Art: On page 16, it said that terracotta soldiers were used to guard the first emperor's tomb. There were also different types of terracotta sculptures that were formed into horses and chariots. All of the soldiers were formed differently and no two soldiers, or horses looked the same.(Cotterell)
Religion: The author states that Confucius believed that the years in the Zhou dynasty were the golden years of social harmony. The increasing turmoil gave Confucius the idea to develop a new outlook and the outlook was based on kindness, respect, and strength. The Chinese took up Confucius' religion and believed that they were apart of a greater family. (Cotterell 12)
Government: On page 6 it says; from 221 B.C. to 1912 China was under one single empire. The ancient empire remained untouched by other outsiders because of its vast land. A man named Confucius commanded people to always put family first and it was very effective on China's economic standard. (Cotterell)
Trade/ Commerce: In the passage it says that trade thrived because they could travel without danger. The Mongols controlled the entire length of the Silk Road. The old law said that the merchants were excluded from civil service jobs and had heavy taxes. (Cotterell 58)
Architecture/ Technology: The graphic showed that China had the greatest inventions. Paper money, clockwork, silk, and umbrellas were all invented in China. Gunpowder also was invented in China and that really helped our wars. (Cotterell 22)
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