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Ancient civilizations 
mesotipania
location: On page 6, it said that" the ancient Greeks called it Mesopotamia, meaning between the rivers." Ancient Mesopotamia was in the border of what is now modern-day iraq. (Steele)
religion: The author wrote" The Sumerians Worshiped many Gods and Goddesses" They also believe in ghost spirits and demons. (page 14 author Philip Steele)
art: They got art pretty fast and where one of the first groups to get art. The author wrote "The mesopotamians mastered many technigly and crafts". In conclusion they were good with making things and fast but smart about it.
government: here where many different governments. And many different forms. It said"there where many different ones" (stele)
writing: On page 12 the author states that " at first they used picture, symbols to represent objects to explain other things". Small clay and rocks were used to pay for things in mesopotamia they called it useful tokens. ( page 12 Steele)
ancient egypt
art: They used a lot of glint and gold for everything. I know this because in the text it said" You can see the glint and gold everywhere"
architecture: The author said how the first pyramids was for a tomb and nothing else. It rose 6 stages off the ground and was haigh up. (Hart)
writing: They used hieroglyphs as there way of writing. Hieroglyphs are a form of picture writing. I know this because on page 14 it said " an elaborate form of picture-writing". (Hart)
government: They were ruled by a king which had all the power. I know this because in the text it said "The king was not only the most powerful". That helps me better understand that the kings had all the power. (Hart page 10)
location: On page 8, "The Egyptians lived on the banks of the Nile River besides anals extending from it. "Most of their land was a desert, and they called it "Red Land." (Hart)
religion: the author said they worshiped many gods and goddess. In the text it also says "Many of the gods are represented by animals". (Hart)
archiculture: on page 24 it says" a massive terraced platform made of brick." also is reperten as a big mountain. Otherwise known as a ziggurat (page 24 author Philip Steele)
ancient china
architecture/technology
On page 22 the author said that over time they had many improvements like boats with magnetic compass,gunpowder for battles and many more improvements. Later on the created things like fireworks, paper money, kites,clock work and many other things that would change the world. Lastly they created a Water-powered blast furnace, that would produce a steady blast of heat. (cotterell 22)
trade
The author said that the chinese merchants were aloud to trade freely throughout their vast empire.They then said that the silk road was series of trade routes that stretched from northern china across asia.They made a lot of money for trading luxury exports such as silk, spices,tea and more. (cotterell 58)
writing
The author wrote that a tortoiseshell was burned and cracked to answer important questions from the people to the ancestors. . They believe that the answer where written on the bones after the fire.During this time, the Shang Kings used the different bones to talk to their ancestors. cotterell 11)
government
On page six the author wrote that china is world's oldest continuous civilization. They also said that it started as them being ruled over one empire. He later on said that it was hundreds to thousands of years before the chineses realized that other civilizations existed. (cotterell)
religion
the author said that competition to join the government was so high that the odds where 3,000 to one. A black hat with side flaps was worn by Ming civil servants. What clothes and jewelry you wore depend on your rank, and so you followed strict guidelines. (cotterell 20
art
On page 24 the states that paper and printing are the most important chinese inventions. BY the ninth century that had improved wood block printing. By the end of the tang dynasty wood blocks, book, paintings and many more trade in cities.
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location
On page 40 it said that china was dotted with walled towns and cities. They were on a grid and divided into sections called wards.
The rich people along with ruler lived at one end of the town and the poor at the other. (cotterell)
Indus Valley
Location
Location- In the text it said that around 5000 years ago civilizations started along the Indus River Plain. This information helps me understand that many civilizations have been created by along the Indus River. In the source it also says "In the 1920s, under layers of land and mounds of dirt, archaeologists discovered the remains of 4,000 year old cities, which existed at the same time as the Egyptians and Mesopotamians." that helps me understand that the Indus valley has been there for a very long time.(Location link
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Government
In the source it says that the old government had a big roll on the modern day civilizations. An example of that would be how the old civilizations influenced the caste system. In the text it says that a caste system is "A caste is a social group in which people are born and they cannot change. The caste system began because the Aryans had four social classes, which they called varnas." It also tells me that the caste systems are divided based on wealth. (https://sites.google.com/mccsc.k12.in.us/history-of-south-asia/home/1500-bc-aryans)