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Unit 2 Ancient Civilization
Mesopotamia
Location: It says in the text ¨ the ancient greeks called it mesoptamia,meaning between the river . "mesoptamia is modern day irqu. ( steele
Writing;whe the ancient people were trying to escape or write in some kind of secret way they would always write in some kind of symbowls thing that they can read to each other . i know this because in the text its says " some scholars have wondered wether these symbowls actruly considered a proper use secret message to escape or to plan somthing without some people knowing what they were saying.
Architecture: in the text it said that ¨A lasting symbol of ancient Mesopotamia is the ziggurat , a massive terraced platform made of brick. It represented a mountain , stretching from earth to the heavens¨.Steele
Religion in the text it says "the sumurails worshiped many gods and goodness . ´ it also says that they belived in many more gods later on in time . ( steele 14)
Goverment : In the text it says that ¨ some rulers, such as Gilgamesh of Uruk, became legendary and their history was entangled with all kinds of myths. " ¨ Sumerian kings claimed to rule by the will of the gods and therefore had to perform certain religious duties¨.(Steele 10
Art
Location; on page 8 it said that since the desert covered 90 percent of egypt,people lived on the banks of the nile river. Also , in the text it said that "when the nile water subsided, the farmer went to work sowing barley and Emmr wheat. (Hart
Art
Relligion
art: In the text it says At first they used picture symbols to represent objects such as cattle , grain, or fish. ¨By around 3300 BCE the citizens Uruk were using about 700 different symbols, or picographs.
religion; on page 24 it states that most gods are represted by animals ,. Also on page 8 its states the "plants worshiped hundreds of diffrent gods . and godnesses "(Hart
goverment: On page ten it said that the king was the most powerful and important man in Egypt. In the tes it said ¨ the queen of egypt could could also be cuncidered and goddness (Hart 10)
Architecture: On page 22 it said ¨ The first pyamid was built as a burial place of the king Djose in c. 2650 BCE, by his gifted architect imhotep. he auther was sayin that the pyamids were an importnt place back in egypt . in the text it said that pyamids were built to protect the bodies of the pharaohs. (Hart)
Ancient china
goverment The emperor , QinShi Huangdi thought that he was immortal. whenever he died he was buried with thousands of terra - cotta staues, probably thinking he would stil be suber powerful even after death
writing : on page 11 , it said that the shang kings used orciacl bones to commicate with ancestors about question. Also, it states that " cracks were then readto discover the answers to a qustion put the ancestors." The answer to the questions were put on the ox bone or tortoise shell> ( Cotterell)
technology:Some of the worlds best inventions were made in china . on page 22 it sas . in the middle ages many chinese inventiosn were caried along the silk road . ( cotterell
art:On page 11, it said that the used oracle bones to consult the ancestral spirits on important matter". " I know this because they would do everything by hand. this explains that back then they would use half of there time a day creating something by hand without anyone's help or any help.
commernce (trade)Trading in China was at its peak in the Mongol and Yuan dynasty. it says on page 58 that '' chinese merchants amassed large fortunes by exporting luxuries such as silk, spices ,tea, porcelain, and lacquerware. ( Cotterall)
location : in the begging of china it was around the yellowstoneriver . on page 10 it says " the first chineses dynasty to leave a historical recor would be the shang ony
relgion:On oage 12 , it states that " confucius belived that the early years of the zhou dynasty were golden years of socail harmon. it also said that confucius encourged worship to ancestors because it was said to strengthen family loyalt . <img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyIdGK2OxXBalCSaGBTnErV0wKhHatbxcAIdtNu0ArY6u_GJIc7-NnG2iLx7Dhvgko5lE:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/King_Wen_of_Zhou.jpg&usqp=CAU" alt="King Wen of Zhou - Wikipedia"/>.
indus river vally aryans
religionin the text it sates , " the religion of ancient arans, known as brahmanism, was polytheeism heavil influenced laer developed from hinduiam . this us that the were hinduism ( prentie)
goverment: in the text it states that the goverment of the ancient arans caste sstem. the had the priest on the top of the pranid , and the kin and the warriors second. thn the landowners and merchant( preintice hall: world )
location:around 5,000 years ago , a civilizatuion develpoed aloung the indus river alluvial plain called floodplain . it is in south asia , due to the lare amoutn of fertile land aand it has ot buried from settlin throuput all the years.
architecture/ technology :people in the indus valley planned and created well laout cites for people to bulid arund the world. i know this because in the ext it sas , The people within the indus valle created well- planned cities" this explained that indus people were ver creative and ver smart.
