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Ancient Civilizations 
Mesopotamia
Location: The author wrote that the ancient greeks called the area Mesopotamia which mean between rivers because it was located between the tigris and Euphrates. Also, the graphic shows that "most of the ancient Mesopotamia lay within the borders of modern Irag" (Steele 6)
Government: The text says that "the Sumerians own name for there territory , Ki-en-gir, may have meant "land of the civilized lords." They honored, followed, and worshipped there governors lords and kings. (Steele 11)
Art: The book says that in Mesopotamians art form was pottery. That is how they made the first wheel, and made the pottery way more efficient. In the text it says they want molding clay simple pots by the eight millennium BCE (Steele 28)
Religion: The text says that "The sumerians worshipped many gods and goddesses." They would make sculptures or pictures and worshipped them nd they even worshipped the crescent moon! (9 Steele 14)
Writing: The author said that the people wrote records of there ownership, government, and business deals. Also the text says "By around 3300 BCE the citizens of Urak were using about 700 different symbols, or pictographs.
(Steele 12)
Architecture: The people in Mesopotamia would make buildings, structures pottery and painting for there gods. The text states that "A lasting symbol of Ancient Mesopotamia is the ziggurats, A massive terraced platform made of brick." (Steele 24)
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Writing: The book says :scribes had to be experts in writing hieroglyphics, an elaborate form of picture-writing with about 700 different signs." Hieroglyphics is a language where you write with picture and words. And it can be written from left to right, right to left or top to botttom.
(Hart 34)
Religion: The gods temples did not play a big part in their lives of Ancient Egyptians. People turned into magic to solve their problems. The author says "Physicians and magicians worked together, using both medicines and spells for problems ike snake bites
Scorpion stings: (Hart24)
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