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Ancient Civilizations
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Ancient china
Location=Ancient China developed in east Asia along the Yangtze River and Yellow River. Unlike the other early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley, ancient China was surrounded by natural barriers that kept them isolated from the western world
Writing= on page 11 it said shang kings used oracle bones to contact spirits. Cracks that appeared on the oracle bones were read to discover different answers about their ancestors. the oracle bones were made out of ox bones and tortoiseshells.
Government =
The Chinese system of rule relied on a strong central government headed by an emperor, who, with his many relatives, constituted a ruling family and lineage. But the emperor did not necessarily have the absolute power that is often associate d with traditional monarchy
Raligion=Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism were the three main philosophies and religions of ancient China, which have individually and collectively influenced ancient and modern Chinese society.
commerce/trade=Silk Roads trade and commerce remained an important vehicle for cultural exchange and the diffusion of religions. Merchants specifically, played a vital role in the building of extensive networks of exchange of not only goods but of knowledge, ideas, cultures and [beliefs]
Art=China's government was an absolute monarchy, where the emperor had unquestioned, unregulated, and unchallenged authority. The emperor's word was law. China's imperial period began in the 3rd century BCE, but even before this the kings of China ruled in very similar ways
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Drones and robotics. China is the leader in drone technology, it is the first country in the world to create large scale transport drones, as well as the first to produce an amphibious drone.
Ancient India
writing= Since the initial discovery of Harappan writing some ninety years ago, scholars and dilettantes alike have produced “decipherments” and “translations” which have associated the Harappan language with practically everything from Cretan, Egyptian, and Sumerian in the west, to Chinese in the north, to Sanskrit and Dravidian languages in South Asia, to Easter Island in the South Pacific.
ArchitectureTechnology=These early cities show remnants of the world's earliest sanitation system. With the cities, people could obtain water from wells.The walls were probably constructed to protect them as much from floods as from outside attackers. Famous Indus Valley cities include Mohenjo-Daro.
location=Around 5,000 years ago, a civilization developed along the Indus River.The Indus River Valley covers most of modern-day Pakistan, the northwestern region of modern-day India, and a small portion of Afghanistan.
Government =In South Asia, five countries have parliamentary governments, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Of these, three are federal republics (India, Nepal and Pakistan), one is a unitary republic (Bangladesh) and one is a constitutional monarchy (Bhutan).
Religion =The oldest religion in South Asia is Hinduism, which has its roots in the Indus Valley Civilization that existed in the region over 4,000 years ago. However, the exact origins of Hinduism are difficult to trace, as it developed over a long period of time and absorbed influences from various cultures and
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