Ancient Civilizations

Mesopotamia

Location

Writing

Architecture

Religion

Government

Art

Ancient Egypt

Location

Writing

Architecture

Religeon

Goverment

Art

Location: The author wrote that "most of ancient mesopotamia lay within the borders of modern Iraq." Also, mesopotamia included portion of the conits turkey syria and iraq." ( Steele 6)


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in the text it says that they would use pictures and symbols to represent objects. on page 12 it says "these were pressed into soft clay with a stylus." (steele 12) image

Government: The kings, queens, lords, and government would have all of there names scratched into clay tablets called a "kings list" and enjoyed their great power and framed them. (stele 10) image

location: on page 8 it says " The ancient egyptians lived on a strip of lade on either side of the Nile" Also, the ext satas that in the "Red Land" small settlements are supported in wadis and oases, and most people live along the Nile River.
(Hart 8)
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religion: on page 24 it says "the egyptians worshiped hundreds of different gods and goddesses. Also the cat is modeling for the image of bastel (Hart24) image

Government: one of the things i learned from page 10 is that the pharos are the kings of ancient egypt. another thing is the the pharos are at the top of the pyramid with the scribes and nobleman right blow them.


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Writing:In the text it states that only scribes were able to right. Also on page 34 it says " scribes had to be an expert in writing hieroglyphics. (Hart 34) image

Architecture: in the thex it says "The first pyramid was built as the burial place of the king Djoser in c. 2650 BC." it also said that the pyramids with were built as steps for the king to get to the to get to the top and talk to the sun god, Ra.
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Religion: In the text it says that there are many gods and goddess, somewhere along the religions, and some were add thought out add to the time of the mesopotamian.


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Architecture: It says that ziggurats are massive terraced platform made of bricks and straw. I the the text it says that it represents heaven and earth.. (steele 20) image

Art: They would mine the ore that they want then they will melt the ore down and shape them to how they want there sculptures to look copper ore was melted and poured into molds.


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Art: On page 56 says that the ancient egyptians were a lot of gold. Also if you are at the top of the pyramid then you would might have some gems and gold to wear.


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Ancient china

Writing on page 11, it said "The shang kings used oracle bones to consult the ancestral spirits in important matters. also answers from important questions were answered from the cracks on the oracle. the oracle bones were inscribed on ox bone and tortoiseshell (cotterell



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technology on page 24 it says there was a great demand for paper from the han civil service."Also the first paper was made out of silk rags.in the text is says by the end of the tang dynasty book shops were trading in every chinese city. (cotterell)



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government on page 16 says "to show his supremacy over the kings he had vanquished." Also the people thought the emprota would be immortal but he didn't survive.From the text it says" he used his subjects as slave labourers to build the great wall of china. (cotterell)


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location on page 6 it says "in most chinese homes, three generations of the same family lived under one roof." This takes about their home. In the text it also says "A traditional was divided into different sections by courtyards.'' (Cottrell 42) image

Art
on page 56 it says " chinese rules control the supply of raw materials and ran government factories manned ed by skill." Also the lower class people produced tools for agriculture and weapons for the army.In the text it says "in imperial China, luxy goods formed the major export commodities."


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Religion
on page 12 it says, "confucius believed that the early years of the Zhou dynasty were the golden years of social harmony. "Also he said a grate ruler should set examples for thier subjects. in the text it says "subjects hasda duty to respect and obey their ruler" image

commerce (Trade): in the text it says "trade flourished under the mongol, or yuan dynasty." This talks about when did trade start to get popular. in the text it also says "They controlled the entire length of the silk road, a series of trade routes that run from northern china across asia." (cottell) 26 image

Indus River Valley/Aryans

Location: under location it says the indus river valley covers most of modern day pakistan. It also strikes over india. a small bit of afganas is also covered. Prentice hall:world studies image

architecture/tech: On the website it said, the people of the Indus society built well created cities and buildings. In the remnants of the buildings and homes they show the world's earliest sanitation. The walls of the buildings were built to protect floods and outside people. Prentice hall: World Studies
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writing: in the text it said that the writing can not be discharged. Scholar have worked what it means and others also don't know what the symbols means. without knowing what it means we don't know what it was like in the indus society and the government. image

religion: In the text it says, The Vedas are the most religious texts. the most known religion in ancient Aryans was Brahmanism. Then later developed into Hinduism. Prentice Hall: World Studies image

government: In the text it said, the aryans came from the area of Central Asia that is near the Caucasus Mountains. They took over the indus valley by 1500 BC. They spoke Sanskrit and became the basis of any modern south asian language. -Prentice Hall: World Studies
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