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Ancient Civilization
Ancient China
art: The terracotta soldiers were accompanied by life-sized horses. The soldiers had carried real weapons at one point until they were stole by the Qin. Nobody in the army had the same face, they were all different. (Coterell 16) 
writing: In the text it said that the Shang Kings used the oracle bones. The oracle bones were used to communicate with their ancestors. The bone was placed in a fire and scorched. (Cotterell 11)
religion: Confucius believed that in the beginning of the Zhou dynasty, it was a golden age of social harmony. Confucius saw lords fighting each other for power and he decided that a good ruler needs to be more kind and respectful. As a result of that, subjects had a duty to respect and obey their ruler. (Cotterell 12)
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architecture/technology: China was widely known for having the greatest inventions. In the text it said, " Some of the world's greatest inventions came from China. All of these inventions being made drastically changed the way they lived life. (Cotterell 22) The invention of paper>
government: On page 16 it says "In 221 B.C. the Chinese Empire was formed. " The Qin soldiers defeated all of their enemies uniting as one. Emperor Qin was widely known for harsh and unsustainable punishments, such as burying people alive.(Cotterell 16)
commerce: From 1279-1368 when the Mongol emperor's had ruled China, they let merchants trade freely throughout their empire. Commerce had thrived because the silk road had been so safe, and merchants were allowed other jobs that they usually are restricted from in other parts of China. In the text it said, "Traditionally, Merchants were excluded from civil service jobs and were subject to heavy taxes. (Cotterell 58)
location: On page 6 it says "China is the world's oldest continuous civilization." From 221 B.C to 1912 China remained one empire. Ancient China remained untouched by outside colonies, because it was a world apart. (Cotterell 6)
Mesopotamia
location: in the text it said "Originally there wasn't a name for the region, but later the Greeks named it Mesopotamia meaning "between the rivers.".There were 2 rivers that flowed through the middle east, the Tigris river and the Euphrates River. In the book it states that "most of ancient Mesopotamia lay within the borders of modern Iraq (Steele) (6)
art: In the text it said " The Mesopotamians mastered many technologies and crafts at an early point in their history." In early 3000 BCE the Potter's wheel was invented, this made pottery production way more efficient. Textile production was another technological advancement, an example of this is women weaving cloth from wool to make clothes. (Steele) (28)
religion: Oddly enough the sumerians believed the stars in the night sky were cows of sin. Another god was Enki, the god of water and wisdom and he was thought to live in an underground ocean called the Apsu. In the text it said "Ninhursag, Nintu, and Nammu were all fertility goddesses, and Inanna was the goddess of love and war." (Steele) (14)
government: There were many different names given to the rulers of city-states such as "Lord", "governor", or "king". Leaders didn't just lead or do whatever they do, sometimes they were also expected to build great cities and be brave military commanders. In the text it said " The reigns of each dynasty were recorded on clay tablets known as king lists. (Steele) (pg. 10).
architecture: In the text it stated "A lasting symbol of ancient Mesopotamia is a ziggurat, A massive terraced platform made of brick." The symbol of a ziggurat is a mountain stretching from earth to the heavens. Ur's ziggurat was dedicated to the moon God, Nanna, gladly parts of the ziggurat has been restored. (Steele) (pg. 6)
Writing: In the text it said 'As the first cities arose people began to require records of ownership, business deals, and government. Another one is 700 different symbols or pictographs were used by the citizens of Uruk in 3300 BCE. These two sentences support how they write back then in Uruk and other cities. (Pg. 12) (Steele
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Ancient Egypt
Location: On page 8 it said that on the banks of the Nile was the "black land", which was named after the rich dark silt. Ninety percent of Egypt is covered by desert called the "Red Land". According to the text "Without this fertility, there would have been no civilization in Egypt." (Hart) (pg.8)
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Religion :In the text it said that they support many different gods and sometimes they didn't know which was which. Gods were also sometimes correlated with different animals. In the the text it said " a baboon might stand for Toth , god of wisdom, at one temple, and a moon God named Khonsu at another (hart ) (24)
art: Most bakers make cakes and the way they sweetened them was with dates or honey. In the text it says "The poorer people had less meat and poultry and more fish." The annual flood from the Nile is what helps Barley and Emmer Wheat grow.
government: The word pharaoh in a respectful way refers to the king as "great house". Although some people now may just think of a pharaoh as a king or leader, people from ancient Egypt thought of the pharaoh to be a god. Not just pharaohs but queens too, in the text it said "The queen of Egypt could also be seen as a goddess but was usually given the title of "Great Royal Wife". (pg 10) (Hart)
architecture: The first ever pyramid built by the Egyptians was made for a burial place for King Djoser in 2650 BCE. In the text it said " Some later kings had step pyramids, but in the reign of king Sneferu the true pyramid with sloping sides developed." The author stated that the main reason for the pyramids was to protect the pharaohs buried deep inside. (Hart) (pg 20)
writing: Hieroglyphs were the main source of writing in Ancient Egypt and they were put on almost anything they could go on. Hieroglyphs were purposefully made complicated so the people who mastered it could keep their position. In the text it says " They could be written from left to right, right to left, or top to bottom." (pg. 34) (Hart)
Indus River Valley
Location:In the text it says, "Around 5,000 years ago, a civilization developed along the Indus River alluvial plain (floodplain), in South Asia, due to the large amount of fertile land and proximity to a water source." Slowly, over time civilizations were built along the Indus River due to its rich fertile land.The author wrote, the Indus River Valley covers most of Pakistan and covers some of Afghanistan. Sites.google.com.
Religion:In the text it says, "Much of what we know about them today also came from sacred writing called the Vedas." The Vedas is a religious writing that also describes victories of the Aryans as they invaded India. However, the religion of the Aryans was Brahmanism, which was polytheistic and later influenced Hinduism. Sites.Google.Com
Government: The Aryan Civilization had a huge impact on modern-day India, one exemple is the Caste System. In the text it says, "A caste is a social group in which people are born and they cannot change. The caste system began because the Aryans had four social classes, which they called varnas." The division of the people was based their wealth and occupation. Sites.Google.Com
Writing: The author wrote, The writing from the Indus River still hasn't been deciphered, after they found over 400 symbols in their writing. You could find these symbols on many different things like ceramic pots, seals, and other materials. In the text it says, "Whatever the case, the lack of decipherable texts means that we can gain no real insight into many of the details of Indus society as well as little about its government and politics." Sites.Google.Com
Architecture/technology: The people in the Indus River Valley were smart, for their cities were well-planned. In the text it says, "Specifically, the people during this time cared deeply about hygiene, and their cities resembled the importance of this idea. These early cities show remnants of the world's earliest sanitation system." They built things like warehouses, granaries, and dockeries with especially strong walls. Sites.Google.Com