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Ancient Civilazations 
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Ancient Egypt
Location: On page 8, it said "The Egyptians lived along the nile river." Ninety percent of the land was desert and was called the red land, but most peopled lived along the river. Without the silt to fertilize the land there would not have been any egyption civilization.(Hart 8)
Architecture: "The first great pyramid was built as the burial place of king djoser by his gifted architect imhotep. They were built with over 2.3 million limestone blocks. They made them to be around 450 feet tall only for some to last for 3 months and most got tooken out by the anual nile flood each year.( Hart20)
Goverment: The Egyptians had a king who they referred to him as a pharaoh. The Pharoah was the most powerful thing in Ancient egypt. The pharoah who was a god and king, he had many names. The pharoah lived in the great palace. (Hart 10)
Religion: On Page 24, it said, They were polytheistic, Which means they believe in many gods."Each of the 42 different administrative districts had its own god, and there were many others besides." Their sun god changed forms, it could become khepri at dawn, and re-horakhty who was a hawk soaring in the sky. ( Hart 24)
Art: Toys and games in ancient egypt had some toys kids still play with today. They had "khuzza lwaizza" which is tug-of-war now. They also had games they would play that we dont play today like,snake. which for that game you would have a hiroglif ball and you would try to get it to the center. Maybe like a maze but cooler because it had the ball with a snake on it. ( Hart 52)
Writting: On page 34 and 35, The Rosetta stone was the way the egyptians knew their way of writting. Hieroglyphs are the symbols used to show letters and numbers.Some people were lucky enough to go to school and learn to write so they could record everything that happend with wars and battles. ( Hart 34,35)
Ancient China
Art: On page 56 it says, that China traded Chinese bronze, jade,silk,lacquer,and porcelain with European and other Asian countries. Chinese rulers supplied the raw materials and controlled them. Many large facories were made to create the trade items easier. ( Cotterell 56)
Writing:On page 11 it said, "The shang kings used oracle bones to consult the ancestral spirits." Questions and answers were inscribed on the oracle bone. Many times an ox bone and tortoiseshell was used and then scorched until it cracked. ( Cotterell 11)
Religion: On page 12 it says the increase of turmoil led confucius to develop a new moral outlook. He believed it was based on kindness and strength from his family. He thought a good ruler helped people and was fair. (Cotterell page 12)
Architecture/ Technology: On page 22 it says, China was sorta behind on inventions. They were not modernized like European and other Asian countries. China's People would encourage the further development of the science department. " in time, Paper and printing dramatically improved communications" Meaning they became more improved when they introduced paper and printing. (Cotterell 22)
Goverment: On page 16 it says, That the first emporer was emporer Qin. He had the mandate of heven, Mainly when you become emporer it is from family. Qin made slaves make the great wall to protect them from the nomads. Emperor Qin was buried with 8,000 terracotta soldiers in tombs. ( Cotterell 16)
Commerce ( Trading): On page 58 it says, The silk road was the most famous trading route spreading from Northern China all the way across Asia. The Mongol empire had full control over the silk road during the mongol empires existence. The silk road made China and the Mongol Empire improve significantly. ( Cotterell 58)
Location: On page 6 it says,That mountains and deserts cut of China from other countries, Almost isolating them. Page 6 also says " Chinese philosophers also made a significant contribution to social harmony. China is the oldest continuous civilization on earth, They went dynasty to dynasty till 1912. ( Cotterell 6)
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