goverment: Government: In the text it said something about Ashur and Anatolia trading, growing wealthy in the early 2000 BCE. For example it said on page 40 "Their city of Ashur Began to grow wealthy from trading with Anatolia as early as 2000 BCE.". (steele 6)

location: On page 6 it said the tigris and euphrates flow southward through the middle east. Also, the author wrote "much of the region is not hot dessert, but many areas were much more fertile in antiquity.(steele 6)"

art:To art it isn't always buildings weapons and wars that are classified as art there were other things such as music, games, and sports. These things all had some important meaning to the mesopotamians. " Mesopotamians also liked to have fun playing games, swimming in nearby rivers and making toy weapons." (Steele 26)

religion: The author states the Mesopotamians worshipped Enki, God of the Water and Wisdom. Nanna, god of Water, nanna goddess of love and war. They worshipped many others. (steele 6)

writing: Early people who lived as hunters and nomads did not need the written records. The sumerians devised the worlds first script or writing to represent objects. There were things called cuneiforms that they wrote on, it was like clay (steele 6)

architecture:On page 4 it says that a ziggurat is a massive terraced platform on a mountain stretching from earth to heaven. These ziggurats themselves had small temples or shrines on top, reached by a long stairway. Temple platforms were being built at Eridu as early as early as 500 BCE, but the great age of ziggurat building began. (steele 6)

Architecture: I know this because on page 22 it says "The first instrument for monitoring earthquakes was invented in A.D. 130".It would drop balls into the toads mouth and the earthquake was in that direction. (COTTERELL 22)

location:I know this because The cities were enclosed urban communities and they were the middle of government and the power of the authorities were reinforced with town planning. The towns and cities were traditionally built by a grid system and split into sections called wards. Markets were mostly planted along one of the main streets(cotterell 40)

religion: In the text, it says that Confucius developed a moral outlook, he believed that life should be based on kindness and respect. Confucius was against slavery and human and animal sacrifices. (Cotterell 11)

commerce/trade:In the text it says that the silk road was used for trade with the west i know this because it says the silk road took its name from china's most successful export commodity ( cotterell 58)

writing:I know because the Shang kings used oracle bones to help with important events. The cracks were the answers to the questions Most of the bones were tortoise shells or ox bones. (Cotterell 11)

Architecture/ Technology: The text said that people lived in the Indus Valley created well planned and developed cities. Many people during this time, people cared a lot about their hygiene. They believed that this was what represented their cities. People during this time mainly got their water from wels. In these cities, they had things in some rooms that would filter the good and bad water (Prentice hall world studies)

Location: The author wrote that around 5,000 years ago, a civilization developed along the Indus river alluvial plain in South Asia. Over time, a vast number of settlements were built on the banks of the Indus River and surrounding areas. The Indus River Valley covers most of modern day Pakistan, the northwestern region of modern India, and a small portion of Afghanistan. (Prentice hall world studies)

Government: In the textbook it said that the Aryans had a big influence on India today. One thing that the Aryans influenced on India was the building of the caste system. A caste is a social group where people are born and they could not change. (Prentice Hall World Studies)