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Ancient civilizations 
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Ancient Egypt
Location: The author wrote that Ancient Egypt is a big desert. They call the desert the Red Land and it contains the Nile River. The book states "The Egyptians lived on the banks of the Nile river or beside the canals extending from it." (Hart 8)
Religion: Egyptians worshiped different gods and goddesses and at times it was difficult to work out who was who. The text says, "Many of the gods are represented by animals." There were 42 different administrations, each of whom had their own god. (Hart 24)
Writing: The author wrote that not very many people could master the hieroglyphs. It was kept complicated because they wanted scribes to keep their position. The book states "Hieroglyphs were used on state monuments, temples, tombs, and religious papyri. (Hart 34)
Government: The author states that for the ancient egyptians had a leader called the pharaohs. The pharaohs were like a king because they were the highest leader in parts of Egypt. The text exactly states, "A scholar named Manetho, who lived in the Ptolemaic era, later sorted the kings into dynasties, a system still used today." (Hart 66)
Art: On page 33 it says that Professional Egyptian artists are scribes that were called draftsmen. After junior artists drew in red on a dry plaster. The book states "next senior artists might make corrections in black outline." (Hart 33)
Architecture: On page 29, it says Obelisks were a carved stone buildings that are dedicated to kings and gods. There was a pointed tip at the top that was representing were the sun god stood to make the universe. The book states that " This was the final Egyptian temple fall to the Christians", and they were talking about the painting by David Roberts. (Hart 29)
Acient China
Art: In the text it said, "No two soldiers had the same face - each is an individual portrait of a soldier from the Qin army." The actual terracotta soldiers actually carried weapons, but they were stolen by robbers. These soldiers were guarding a tomb, which belonged to the first emperor. (Cotterell 16)
Writing: In the text it said "The Shang king used oracle bones to consult the ancestral spirits." People would read the cracks in order to discover answers to questions. An ox bone or tortoiseshell was placed on a fire and scorched until it cracked. (Cotterell 11)
Religion: In the text it said, "Confucius encouraged ancestor worship because it strengthened family loyalties." The text also says that a good leader should be kind to everybody. Confucius also said to use your power only for emergencies. (Cotterell 12)
Architecture/technology: In the text it said, "In the Middle Ages, Chinese inventions were carried along the Silk Road to Europe." As time passed, printing and paper were made in China. Things like paper money, clockwork, silk, and porcelain are what made the world a different place. (Cotterell 22)
Government: In the text it said, "The empire took its name from the Qin (pronounced "Chin") to become China." During 221-207 B.C, the emperor thought he was going to become immortal. He made life size terracotta warriors and a very good tomb. (Cotterell 16)
Commerce (Trade): In the text it said, "Chinese merchants amassed large fortunes by exporting luxury goods such as silk, spices, tea, porcelain, and lacquerware." The silk road is a series of trade routes that ran through Northern China to Asia. Trade got more popular during the Mongol/Yuan dynasty. (Cotterell 58)
Location: In the text it said, "China came together and was made around 221 B.C." The Great Wall of China was built to protect the Chinese from Xiongnu. China is also cut off from others, like India, West Asia, and Europe. (Cotterell 6)
Indus River Valley
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Religion:The website says, "The religion of the ancient Aryans, known as Brahmanism, was polytheistic and heavily influenced the later development of Hinduism." I know this because they used a sacred writing called the Vedas which is part of Hinduism. For the last part, the Vedas were mainly used to describe the Aryans and their victories. https://sites.google.com/mccsc.k12.in.us/history-of-south-asia/home/1500-bc-aryans
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