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ancient civilization
Ancient China
Government: In the text it says,"Graduated civil servants had secured jobs and were most honorable and the best rewarded in China." Also in the text it says They wore a necklace to show official indication of rank therefore followed a strict guideline .
(cotterell pg21) 
Technology: On pg 24 it states that "the first paper was made from silk rags; later other fibrous materials were used, such as bamboo, hemp, and mulberry bark. Also according to the text it says that paper and printing were possibly the most important Chinese inventions back that time. (cortellel 24)
Writing: On page 11, it said " used oracle bones to consult the ancestral spirits on important matter." Also, answers from important questions were answered from the crack of the turtles shell. (Cotterell)
Commerce (trade): During the silk road there was a lot of trading going on, like on page 58 you can see that trade flourished under the Mongol, and chinese Merchants like to trade mostly silk, spices, tea, and porcelain. I know this because the text states how "at home in china, the Mongols removed the usual restraints placed upon merchants amassed large fourtones by exporting.
(cortelle 58)
Art: The art in Ancient China was very different, and was not like other types of art. According to page 56 "China is famous for its beautiful, high quality ceramics." It's famous for them because, due to their partly rich deposits of porcelain stone. They also produced some tools for agriculture, and weapons for army. Mainly for the important members of society. (page 56 Collerell)
Location: On pg 34 china was in the countryside and work in the big large fields. Also in the text it said that even though not of the peasants were tied to a lord they still had to pay taxes, serve in the army, and work for a certain number of days. in the text it said" that one of the main tasks of a farmer and his family was to maintain and regulate the supply of water to the crops.
(Cortelle)
Religion: on pg 12, it states that "Confucius believe that the early years of the Zhou Dynasty were golden years of social harmony. it also said that confusion encourage war to ancestors because it was said to strengthen then family. (colleret)
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Government: On Page 66 it says "Dated events to a particular year in the reign of a king or pharaoh (this is called regnal dating). Also found in the text it said that their was a guy that made a list of all the kings that have ruled in ancient egypt
Location: The content they lived in was Africa near the Nile river and the Red sea. They lived by a lot of sand which was quite hard for them but the managed (hart 16)
writing: instead of words they used symbols and also the first written language. (steel 26)
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aragcluter: They grew a lot of grain crops so they could grow bread.
(steel 18)
art: On page 56 it says " mines between the nile and the red sea coast large quantities of this precious metal. Also they made a lot gold stuff that's why thieves tried to steal all of them
(Hart 56)
arch: On page 20 it says " The first pyramid was built in the burial place king Djoser's." Also they made it for the King (pharaoh) to climb up and join the sun god. (Hart 20)
Government : In the text it says "Mesopotamians had kings also known as city-state rulers that were honored with a lot of titles, and kings claimed to be chosen by the gods
location: The author wrote "most of ancient mesopotamia lay within the borders of modern iraq." Also mesopotamia made some other countries there'ssyria, and Iran (steel 6)
Writing: On page 34 it says "scribes had to be experts in writing hieroglyphs an elaborate form of picture-writing with about 700 different signs." Also they put the symbols on monuments and temples
(heart 34)
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religion: On page 18 it says "The ancient egyptians believed that there was an underworld called Dual. Also the text says that they thought there was snakes, fires, and poisonous in the underworld that they believed in (Hart 18