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Ancient Civilization
Mesopotamia
Location: in the text it said that the Greeks called the area mesopotamia which means between the rivers.also in the text it state that "most of ancient mesopotamia lay within the borders of modern Iraq." (steele 6)
Writing:in the text it said that the writing in mesopotamia is in summerian.It also said that it was a cuneform a method of ancient mesopotamia. (steele 14)
Architecture" In the text it says "a ziggurat is a massive terraced platform made of brick."It also said " it represented a mountain , stretching from earth to the heavans." (Steele 24)
Religion: in the text it said " They believed that the stars traveling across the night sky were the cows of sin."Also in the text it said " The Sumerians also believed in spirits,ghosts, and demons.
Government on page 10 it said "City state rulers were hoonered with various title such as en/lord.It also said The rieghns of eachdynasty were recorded on clay tablets. (steele)10
Art:In the text it said " the mesopotamias masteres many technologies and crafts at an early point in thier history.It also said they were molding clay ino simple pots.
(steele 28)
Ancient Egypt
Location: in the text it said " deserts cover more than 90 percent of egypt." and this was called the red land.In the text it also said that for thousands of years the populaytion of egypt has depended on it's fertile agriculture resources. (hart 8)
Writing: in the text it said it was delibrity complicated so that not many people could master it.In the text it also said Scribes had to be experts in writing. (hart 34)
architecture:In the text it said the "first pyramid was built as the burial place of king djoser." The text also stated the pyramid were intended to prtect the bodies of the pharoahs. (hart 20 )
religion" in the text it said the egyptions hated hundreds of gods and goddeses they warship.it also said each of the 42 diffent administrative districts had its own god.(Hart 24)
Government in the text it said a scholar matheo who lived during the ptolmetalic era later sorted my the kings.In the text it also said The ancient egyptions dated events to a particular year in the rieghn of a king or pharoah. ( Hart 66)
Art: in the text it said flax provided linon for clothes for everyone in ancient Egypt.In the text it also said they have very clever ways on linen clothes. (Hart 54)
Ancient China
government: in the text it says "The earliest members of the imperial civil service were recruited by Gauzo the first emperor".Also in the text it said" Gauzo led one of the pesants armies that over threw the Qin dynasty in 207 B.C." Lastly in the text it said " Those who passed the top place examinations could expect to be appointed as ministers or even married princesses." (cotterell 18)
Technology
Writing:In the text it said " An ox bone or tortoiseshell was scorched until it cracked." Als in the text it said " the cracks were then read to discover the answer to a question put to the ancesters." The oracle bones were mainly used by the shang kings. (Cotterell 11)
Trade:in the text it said" trade enflourished under the mongol or yuan dynasty." Also in the text it said "The Mongol emperors ruled china from 1279 to 1368 and permitted merchants to trade freely throughout their vast empire." Lastly in the text it said " they controlled the entire length of the silk road." (cotterell 58)
Art: "china has always been removed for its exquisite arts and crafts." Another thing from the text is " chinese bronze, jade, silk, lacquer, and porcelien. Lastly in the text it said" artisians are very well thought of in china." (Cotterell 56)
Location: in the text it says" The landscape of imperial China was dotted with walled towns and cities". Also in the text it said" These enclosed urban communities were centers of governments and the power". Lastly in the text it said" citizens were always firmly under the control of the authorities." (cotterell 40)
Religion: " were divided into three ways of confuciaism, daoism, and buddism." Also in the text it said " in this respect the chinese empire was unique among most civilians." Lastly in the text it said" buddihsm came to china from india in popular in the troubled centuries." (cotterell 26
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indus river valley/aryans
location: they live on vast banks around the indus river and I know this because in the text it said" a vast number of settlements were built on the banks of the indus river. That is how I know where they were located.(printis hall world studies)
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religon: I know this because there religion is part brahmanism because n the text it said "the ancient aryans would use vedas as there language and that's there ancient writing."And then they had slowly started shifting to hiduism. (printis hall world studies)
writing:in the text it said their writing was called the vedas, and the vedas was mostly used as a religous writing text. And they would describe many victories they had won using that religion.
( printis hall world studies)
architecture: they created very well planned cities and I know this because in the text it said"the valley created very well planned cities. Also in the text it said" Also shown with impressive dockyards.(printis hall world studies).
government: in the text it said that thy had a civilization that was called the caste system and whatevor sstem they were born in they stayed in. They would divide there people by class groups, such as the wealthy one and the poor ones but. They had four class groups those are two of the four. (printis hall world studies)
