Ancient Civilizations 
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
**Location: On page six,it said "most of ancient Mesopotamia lay within the borders of modern Iraq." Mesopotamia was located within two rivers in the middle east.-"Steele" 
Writing:On page 12 "people who lived as hunters and nomads didn't have a written record. At first their writing was just photos". They had a lot of photos.(Steele) 
Architecture:On page 24 they are a very long lasting piece of memorabilia and a symbol of importance. They were stretching from heaves and were called ziggurats.
Art:On page 44 it says "As the centuries,passed hunting for food still continued in wetlands,forests and mountains. The animals used in these ritual hunts had to be worthy opponents." (Steele) 
Government
Religion. On page 14: it says they melisu and believe in ghost and spirits.They were used a temple on the inside. They believed that the stars were cows and they constantly moved. 
Art
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Architecture
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Writing
On page 10: it said they have many followers,rulers and laws. They said it was strict but it was for a reason. They had fun but followed the rules. 
On page 8; " The egyptians lived on the banks of the Nile River or besides canals extending from it. The high dam at aswan,built in the 1960s,totally changed the behavior of the river in Egypt
(Hart) 
On page 24: "The Egyptian worshiped hundred of different god and goddess. Many of the gods are represented by animals."(Hart) 
On page 34 it said: The could write left to right,right to left,or up and down, They often used this on legal documents. They later called it demotic.' (Hart) 
On page 20 it says: "The first pyramid was built on the burial place of King Djoser. It was to represent a giant stairway to the sky. The put rich offerings with the burial victim." (Hart) 
On page 56 it says "You could the glint of gold everywhere in Egyptian jewelry-mines between the Nile and Red sea coast yielded large quantities of this precious metal. But jewelers had no clue about diamond emeralds or rubies."(Hart)
On page 10 it says: The queen of Egypt could be seen as a god everyone worshiped her. The king was referred to as the great house. The wife was referred to as The Great Royal wife.(Hart) 
Ancient China
Architecture/Inventions:On page 24 says that paper was originally made from silk.They Were also made from bamboo and other clothes. They were made in mass a factories (Cortell) 
Commerce/Trade: On page 58 it says The mongol emperors ruled China 1279-1368 and permitted merchants to trade freely. They Controlled the entire length of the silk road.A Series of trade routes came out of Asia. (Cortell 
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Religion: On page 12 it says Confucius saw only growing disorder. The kings authority was greatly reduced and as ambitious leaders fought .The outlined person needed to be kind and strong. (Cortell) 
Writing:On Page 11 it says The Shang Kings used oracle bones to consult their ancestors. They would scratch into the bone questions and then put it over a fire. It would crack and give them answers.(Cortell) 
Location:On page 40 it says China was dotted with walled towns and cities.Markets were usually on the main roads by buildings.But years later they built they empire and many other towns and cities. 
Art:On page 56 it says peasants and farmers were said to be the most important people in the community. They made the important art and statues. They produced tools for weapons and luxury items. (Cortell) : 
Government:On page 6 it says Chinas is the worlds oldest civilisation from 221 B.c- A.D 1912. It was united under a single touched by outside influence. By outside influences because it is a world apart.(Corell) 
Indus Valley
Writing: In the text it says many of the basic symbols they use are on seals, pots, and others. Some people wonder if it is used as a proper writing system. Over 400 of them have been used. https://sites.google.com/mccsc.k12.in.us/history-of-south-asia/home/3300-bc-1500-bc-indus-river-valley-civilization/writing 
Architecture/Technology: On the chosen website: The people of the community created well planned cities.They had very advanced for their time. Some rooms in many homes had wastewater systems. https://sites.google.com/mccsc.k12.in.us/history-of-south-asia/home/3300-bc-1500-bc-indus-river-valley-civilization/architecutretechnology 
Religion:In/On the text "the religion of the ancient Aryans, known as Brahmanism, was polytheistic and heavily influenced the later development of Hinduism" In Indus Valley they believed in the Aryans which were ancient people. Arams are brahmas and Hinduism, mainly they are those two religions.https://sites.google.com/mccsc.k12.in.us/history-of-south-asia/home/1500-bc-aryans 
Government:On the government page of the website, the South Asians used the caste system. A caste is the social system of the government. The people are born into the caste and cannot change levels.https://sites.google.com/mccsc.k12.in.us/history-of-south-asia/home/1500-bc-aryans 
Location: On the website "The Indus River Valley covers most of modern-day Pakistan, the northwestern region of modern-day India, and a small portion of Afghanistan." In the 1920's under many many layers of dirt they discovered the remains of 4,000 year old artifacts. The indus valley region has very fertile soil. 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rtkh2HlJhZJAfy9X7LnmFFICKMC8IwB4WV45KdrjY4w/edit?usp=sharing