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Ancient Civilizations 
Mesopotamia
Location: the author wrote that the ancient Greeks called the area Mesopotamia, which means "between the rivers" because it was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Also the graphic shows that "most of ancient Mesopotamia lay between the borders of modern Iraq." (Steele 6)
In the text it says,"The homeland of the assyrian people was around the Tigris river, a long way north of babylon." Also in the text it says "Their city of ashur began to grow wealthy from trading with anatolia as early as 2000 BCE". (Steele 40)
Art: The text states, "Some time before 3500 BCE, they invented the potter's wheel, which made pottery production far more efficient. This proves that technology has improved over time. The author states "vessels were shaped by expert potters on the rotating wheel, then fired in dome-shaped kilns". This statement shows that art has grew in progress. (steele 28)
Religion:The author says " The Sumerians worshiped many gods and goddesses". Also the text says "They believed that the stars traveling across the night sky were the cows of sin or Nanna, the horned moon god. (Steele 14
Writing: People back then who lived as hunters did not need written records. The author states that "as the first cities arose,people began to require records of ownership, business, deals, and government. (Steele 12)
Architecture: Architecture The author states that a ziggurat is"A massive terraced platform made of brick".In the text it says "The word ziggurats is Assyrian and means height or pinnacle ziggurats looked similar to the stepped pyramids of ancient egypt". (Steele 26)
Ancient Egypt
Location: in the text the author says "The desert, also called the Red Land, covers more than 90 percent of Egypt." In the text it also says " The desert supported only small settlements in wadis and oases." (Hart 8
Religion: The author says that "The Egyptians worshiped hundreds god different gods and goddesses, and sometimes it is difficult to work out who has who." Also the text says that "Each of the 42 different administrative districts, or nomes, had its own god, and there were many others besides.
Hart 24)
Government: In the text the author says "The king was not only the most powerful and important man in Egypt he was thoughtful to be a god". Also in the text it says "He was known as the pharaoh -a word that derives from a respectful way." (Hart 10)
Art: In the text the author says that "You can see the glint of gold everywhere in the Egyptian jewelry." The text also says "mines between the Nile and the Red Sea coast yielded large quantities of this precious metal."
Hart 56)
arcitecture: In the text it states that " The first pyramid was built as the burial place of king djoser in 2650 BCE by his giffited architect imhotep". Also in the text it says "It rose in six stages and is called the step pyramid". (Hart 20
Writing: The author said that it was deliberated kept complicated so that not many people could master it and scribes kept their special position. Also the text says for business, contracts, letters, and stones, scribes used a different form of writing called hieratic, which was a fast writing version of hieroglyphs.
(Hart 34)
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Architecture: The people in the Indus River Valley cared a lot about hygiene. Their homes and structures resembled that. The text says that their cities were "well planned", with wide and straight roads with large buildings. (World studies - architecture
Government: In the text it says that the government in india is called the caste system. The caste system consists of social classes and which on you were born to can not change. Lastly there are four classes. Vaishya, Kshatriya, Brahmana, Sufra, and Dalits. (world Studies- 1500 Aryans
writing: In the text it says the writing of ancient India can not be deciphered. There's 400 symbols that have been uncovered in the language. Because of the fact that we cant read the symbols, we don't know a lot about ancient India. (World Studies- writing
Location: In the text it says, A lot of settlements were built around the Indus River. Some of the cities in the location were Harappa and Mohenjo- daro. The Indus plain had rich and fertile soil, which is why people live there. (World Studies -Location
Religion: In the text it states that here are two polytheistic religions called Brahmanism. As well as the later development of Hinduism. Vedas are sacred writing that's used in the two religions, and describes the time of the ancient Aryans. (world studies- 1500 BC Aryans)
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