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Unit Two: Ancient Civilizations - Coggle Diagram
Unit Two: Ancient Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Writing: On page 12 it tells us how they wrote they used to write on clay tablets they used wood sticks to write symbols with different meanings to communicate with others (Steele)
Architecture : On page 24 the author says there's a lasting symbol the Ziggurats in the text the author says ¨a lasting symbol of architecture in ancient mesopotamia is the ziggurat¨. (Steele)
Location: in the text it said ¨ The ancient Greeks called it Mesopotamia, meaning ¨ between the rivers.¨ ¨ Mesopotamia is now modern day Iraq. (Steele 6)
Religion: the author wrote ¨ The Sumerians worshipped many Gods and Goddesses.¨ Each city had its own special deity. (Steele 14)
Government: On page 10 it said the Sumerians had a name for their territory. Ki-en-gir, may have ment Land of the civilized lords. They believed that as rulers they must follow what the gods want. (Steele)
Art: The art of Mesopotamia goes from ceramics painted with abstract patterns, to the creation of sculptures for religious stuff, and the styles used in Mesopotamian architecture to create their temples.
Ancient Eygpt
Writing: On page 34 it said ¨Scribes had to be experts in writing hieroglyphs, an elaborate form of picture writing with about 700 different signs¨ (Hart)
Location: On page 8 it said that since the desert covered 90% of Egypt people lived on the banks of the Nile River. Also in the text it said ¨ When the Nile waters subsided, the farmers went to work sowing barley and emmer wheat. (Hart)
Architecture : On page 20 it said ¨The largest pyramid of all is the great pyramid at Giza, built for king Khufu in c. 2589 BCE. (Hart)
Religion: On page 24 it said ¨ At dawn he would be Khepri,the scarab beetle rolling the sun disk above the eastern horizon ¨. Many of the gods are represented by animals. (Hart)
government: On page 10 it said ¨ The king was not only the most powerful and important man in Egypt-he was thought to be a god ¨ (Hart)
Art: on page 58 it says that the Egyptians really liked beauty and loved dressing up in beautiful clothes and makeup (Hart)
Ancient china
government: China was formed in 221 B.C when Qin soldiers defeated their enemies and united the warring states. To show supremacy over the kings he had vanquished the first emperor took the title First Sovereign Quin Emperor. The empire took the name Qin and became China.(Cotterell)
commerce: On page 58 it says Trade flourished during the Mongol Dynasty. Mongols controlled the entire silk road. The mongols removed the normal constraints of merchants so the merchants positions improved temporarily. (Cotterell)
Location: On page 6 it says huge deserts and mountains separated China from the rest of the world. Hundreds of years passed before China found out there were any other civilizations in the world at all. China was united as a single state at first by it first ruler. (Cotterell)
Art: On page 16 it says there are an army of terracotta statues that watch over the grave of the first emperor. Each soldier is unique no 2 soldiers look the same they are modeled after real soldiers. The soldiers once had weapons but grave robbers stole them. (Cotterell)
Religion: On page 26 it says that in ancient china they split religious beliefs three ways. The three ways they split religious beliefs were Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. (Cotterell)
writing: On page 11, it said the shang kings used oracle bones to answer questions about important matters. It also states that ¨the cracks were then read to discover the answer to questions put to the ancestors." As a result, people would write down questions and answers on the oracle bone. (Cotterell)
Technology: On page 22 it says the world's greatest inventions were created in China. During the middle ages Chinese creations were carried through the silk road. Chinese inventions changed the world forever. (Cotterell)
Indus River valley
Location: The text states that this civilization was formed along the Indus River alluvial plain, because of the large amounts of fertile land and how close it was to a water source. The Indus River flows through most of modern-day Pakistan, some of the northwest region of modern-day India, and a tiny bit of Afghanistan. The indus River Valley region was surrounded by mountains, desert, and ocean. (Prentice Hall: World Studies)
writing: The text states that the writing of this ancient civilization has not yet been deciphered. Over 400 different symbols have been found from different places. Some scholars wonder if the symbols are even a proper writing system. (Prentice Hall: World Studies)
architecture/technology: The text states that the Indus River Valley civilization had very advanced architecture for their time. They had very well planned cities with the world's earliest sanitation system. They also had advanced construction techniques shown by impressive dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and walls. (Prentice Hall: World Studies)
religion: The text states that the Indus River Valley Civilization had sacred writing called Vedas that was made up of sacred texts and retellings of their victories. The religion of this ancient civilization is known as Brahmanism. Brahmanism was a polytheistic religion that later influenced the development of Hinduism. (Prentice Hall: World Studies)
government: According to the text the government of the Indus River Valley civilization had developed a system called the Caste System. A caste is a group of people that someone is born in that they cannot change. The people who had the most power in the Caste System were Brahmana or Brahmin which were priests and were educated. (Prentice Hall: World Studies)
