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unit 2 ancient civilizations
Mesopotamia
writing: only people like buissness owners and kings/queens needed to write. They would do it in clay that hasnt dryed yet with a wooden stick. (Steele 12)
location: In the text it said "the ancient greeks called it Mesopotamia which means in between two rivers." now a days Mesopotamia is modern day Iraq. (Steele 6)
government: They dedicated their cities to the gods, they would do alot of religios duties for the gods. Even the rulers thought that the godsa owned more than themselves. (Steele 10)
art: on page 28 it said "They were molding clay into simple pots by the eighth millennium BCE." they also made the potters wheel which made it much more efficient by 3500 BCE. (steele 28)
archiculture: In the text it said "A lasting symbol of ancient mesopotamia is the ziggurat, a massive terraced platform made of brick." most ziggurat bricks where made with mud and sticks. (steele 24)
religion: on page 14 it said that "The sumerian worshiped many gods or goddesses."Those gods or goddesses now have different names or most of them do in modern times.(steele 14)
ancient egypt
writing: the egyptians used hieroglyphics and hieratic, only a select few knew what hieroglyphics. they also used it for business contracts, letters, and stories. also some of them had to know how to write and read greek. (Hart 34)
location: On page 8 it said that since desert covered about 90% of egypt, people lived on the banks of the nile river. it also said that when the water subsided the farmers got to work. (Hart 8)
religion: The egyptions where polythirestic, They worships hundreds of gods and godesses. Alot of those gods where animals like a baboon stood for Thoth god of wisdom. (Hart 24)
architecture: The pyromids where built in 2650 BCE, for king djoser's burial place. Then they where used so the kings can climb up to the top to talk to the sun god. (HART 20)
art: in the text it says "The gold could be beaten into shapes or cast molds. " They liked to make art with gold which i think is pretty cool. (HART 58)
government: Government: The Egyptian government was considered a sort of theocracy, as the pharaoh was given political and religious powers. In the text it states that, "When people approached the king, they often kissed the ground at his feet." This shows us that the king had absolute power, and the people worshipped him as a sort of deity.
Ancient China
government: On page 16 it stated that in ancient china they had emporers for each dynesty. They had a lot of dynesties and a lot more emporers. A lot of these emporers where buried after they died with grand graves. (cottrell)
religion: On page 12 it said that they used to learn about a person who wanted to spread kindness and respect. His name was confucius. He developed a new maral outlook, he believed in no gods just kindness and mutual respect. (cotterell)
art: China was always known for their arts and crafts. They made things like bronze, jade, silk, lacquer, and porcelain. They liked to also make ver luxurious things like table cloths out of silk, which back then silk was very rare. (cottrell pg56)
writing: On page 11 it said the oracle bones were used by Shang kings to communicate with ancestors about questions. It states that "cracks were then read to discover the answer to a question put to the ancestors." The answers to the questions were on the bones or shells. (Cotterell)
location: On page 38 and 39 it states that ancient china was ran through by the yellow river. It stretches all through the country from point A to point B. This river often flooded which caused it to have the name "China's Sorrow". (cotterell)
technology: on page 22 it stated that some of the greatest inventions from this time came from china. All through out china's history emperors encouraged science and technology. Like they made many printing presses these where just like the name they would print stuff. (Cotterell)
commerce (Trade): On page 58 it was talking about the silk road. The silk road was the main way to trade in ancient China. It helped trade things from china across asia to pretty much where ever they want to trade. (Cottell)
indus river valley/rindus
religion: They believed in a religion called Brahmanism, and this was the early bits of Hinduism. They where very polytheistic.Hinduism and this religion share many things such as rituals. Source: Prentice Hall: World Studies.
government: They had something called the Caste System, and it was like Japan's feudal system. They had levels that go down. They had someone who gave them credits which would result into better karma which goes back to their religion, but they have that and teachers leaders normal people and people with no rights at all. Source: Prentice Hall: World Studies.
architecture/tech: They constructed their cities very well and they cared a lot about hygiene. They had early versions of a toilet. They also thought and built around attacks with very large walls and attacking systems. Source: Prentice Hall: World Studies.
writing: The writing is a pretty big mystery, no one knows what the symbols mean. Even scholars have not figured it out. Over 400 symbols have been uncovered and none of them have been dishipherd. source Prentice Hall: World Studies.
location: The indus valley was located right at the indus river. People started settling there because the soil was rich and fertile. It was perfect for farming and making really good crops. source Prentice Hall: World Studies
