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Ancient Civilizations : 
Mesopotamia
Location. On page 6 it says "Mesopotamia lay within the borders of modern iraq." Mesopotamia was located between two rivers flowing through the Middle East.(Steele)
Writing
Writing The author wrote that Early people who lived as hunters and nomads did not need written records. Also he says The Sumerians devised the worlds first script or writing (Steele)
Architecture On Page 24 it says Like the ancient pyramids of central america ziggurat formed part of sacred precincts which ere thought to be gods.Th stone monument from around 850 bce records a grant of land houses to the priests (Steele)
Art The Author says Public art was onna grand scale. using this information we can infer that it was a very big thing in their culture especially if it is on a grand scale
Government Onpage to the text states the city states rulers were o various titles.this mean they loved and honored there rulers or gods or goddesses
The "RELIGION author wrote they believe that the stars traveling across the night sky were shown in sin or Nanna", the horned moon god. Also they believed in many different things like spirit ghosts and demands.
Ancient Egypt
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Religion
The Author says"The Egyptians 100 hundreds of differents gods and goddesses, and sometimes it was difficult work out who was who"He also says "The cat goddess bast tit was the daughter of re the sun god. ! (HART )
On page 56 it says" You can see the glint of gold everywhere I egypt jewelry mines between the Nile and the red sea coast yielded large quantities of this previous metal. The Author says"The gold could be beaten into shapes or casts into molds.(HART)`
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Location
It says that " The desert covers over 90 percent of egypt" The author says again that After donkeys brought the weet freshening floor, two wooden would like this would be used to separate the grain from the caf (HART
Architecture
On page 30 It tells us that they would break the clay seal on the door of the shrine saying " I am pure one".Metal vases were used to pour water over offering tables to show the purity.(HART)
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Government
It says on page "10 that the king was the most powerful and most important he was also thought to be a god". It also shows a egyptian queen around 700 bce.(HART) ( )
Writing
It says on pagen34 that scribes had to be experts in writing hieroglyphs. The author says that "Scribes chose pictures of their script" (HART)
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Ancient China
On page 11 it says that oracle bones on an ox bone or tortoiseshell and burned until cracked. Shane king used these bones to answer questions. SO the burnt shells were used to consult ancestors (Cortrei)l .
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Art
ARTOn page 56 it says bronze was made with into stunning ritual vessels and weapons. And in the 6th century they used iron steel and also bulk. Ancient china had many priced art pieces such as bronze jade silk lacker and more (CONTREIL
Commerce/Trade
COMMERCE AND TRADE.In the book on page 58 it talks about the silk road. The silk road was a very important trading market for China. But Trade was always happening around the mongol and yuan dynasty,first mongols ruled china from 1279-1368. And let traders trade freely through the mongol rule. They controlled the whole silk road even! There Was also lots o trading routes through the northside of china. (CONTREIL)
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RELIGION In the text it says during the zhou dynasty confucius believed that there needs to be peace harmony. Then after gaining popularity more people started believe him and began teaching in towns. As a result of confucius china became a more peaceful country (cotterall)
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Government
China is the worlds most oldest civilization it was under a good empire. China did not do anything with any countries because it was a world apart, mountains and deserts caused this. China was the first single state in the world. And there first great dynasty was shang (CONTREIL).
Location
In the text it says that three generations of one family lived all together in one house! Families followed hard and strict rules. Families also liked to use special sticks to get advice from there ancestors about family problems.(CONTREIL)
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Architecture/Technology
On page 22 it says that china was the first country in the world iron casting. This is a skill that was in the first century. Then a un oficial inventor made a water blowing machine! This made a strong steady blast and this helped the production of iron casting. later through 1088-1092 a servant built a mechanical this told the time of the day. (Contreil)
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