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Ancient Civilization
Ancient china
religion the world oldest empire China is the worlds oldest continuous civilization.From 221 B.C to A.D 1912 it was united under a single the great empire,Ancient China remained untouched by outside influences because it was a world apart.There cultures in India was west asia,and Europe. 
writing in the text it said the shang kings use the oracle bones.They use the oracle bones were used to talk to their ancestors.They would put the oracle bone on a fire and it was scorched.(cotterell PG11
goverment Within the city walls.The landscape of imperial china was dotted with walled towns and cities these enclosed urban communities were communities were centers of government and the power of there authorities was reinforced by the towns planning and the wall.
architecture Adornment.For the Chinese the way people dressed was never a casual matter.Personal ornaments were worn by men and women both as decoration and as sign of rank.Nail guards during the final centuries of empire it was for customary for wealthy women to grow the nails of their little fingers extremely long as a sign of their rank.Their long nails showed that they did not have to do manual work.
location The silk road.They flourished under the mongol,or Yuan dynasty.The mongol emperors ruled china from the time of 1279 to the 1368.And the permitted merchants to trade freely throughout their vast empire.The land of silk it was china's was the most successful export commodity.From the shang empire.The chinese exported fine silk and cloth.(page 58 hart
trade The silk Road.Trade flourished under the mongol, or yuan dynasty.The mongol emperors ruled china from 1279 to 1368 and permitted merchants to trade freely throughout their vast empire. They controlled the entire length of the Silk Road, a series of trade routes that ran from northern china across Asia. INternational trade thrived because caravans could travel without danger. Chinese merchants amassed large fortunes by exporting luxury goods such as silk, spices, teas, porcelain, and lacquerware. At home in China, the mongols removed the usual restraints placed upon merchants. Traditionally, merchants were excluded from civil service jobs and were subject to heavy taxes. But for most of their rule, the mongols ignored the opinions of Chinese officials, and the social position merchants temporarily improved.Porcelain perfection this magnificent porcelain jar from the YUAN dynasty is an example of the finely is crafted ceramics that were exported.The blue-and--white style became widely popular in the ming dynasty which succeeded the yuan
art Art and crafts.China has always been renewed for it exquisite arts and there crafts in there imperial china, luxury goods formed the major export commodities chinese bronze,jade,silk,lacquer,and porcelain.The Beautiful Bronze.In ancient china, bronze was made into a stunning bronze was made into stunning ritual vessels and weaponry.This circular fitting,( cotterell Pg 56
Mesopotamia
Location on page 6 it says that the flowing southward through the middle east were two great rivers.The location of Mesopotamia was in modern day iraq as well as parts of turkey syria and iran.IN the book it states ¨mesopotamia include cooler mountainous regions filled wetlands in the southeast.¨(Steele 6)
architecture we learn that.The main materials used were mud brick, mud plaster to cover the walls, and wood to build doors and frame windows. Most Mesopotamian houses had one middle room, with every other room in the house leading off it.The step pyramid style began near the end of the Early Dynastic Period. Built in receding tiers upon a rectangular, oval, or square platform, the ziggurat was a pyramidal structure."This stone panel comes from the palace of ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud and show a lion The step pyramid style began near the end of the Early Dynastic Period. Built in receding tiers upon a rectangular, oval, or square platform, the ziggurat was a pyramidal structure. leaping at the King"s chariot"."(Steele pag 11)
Religion Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic, with followers worshipping several main gods and thousands of minor gods. The three main gods were Ea (Sumerian: Enki), the god of wisdom and magic, Anu the sky god, and Enlil. The god of earth, storms and agriculture and the controller of fates.Some of the Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic, with followers worshipping several main gods and thousands of minor gods. The three main gods were Ea (Sumerian: Enki), the god of wisdom and magic, Anu (Sumerian: An), the sky god, and Enlil (Ellil), the god of earth, storms and agriculture and the controller of fates. people would be like.¨The crescent moon was said to be the boat of the moon god, Sim the Moon god looked after the city of Ur,where he was worshiped under the name of Nanna.(for me it was pg11 but it says 14 Steele)
Art in we learn that the mesopotamians made.Necklaces that were determine wealth and states.we also learn the ways of potter became more efeastion over time.Mesopotamian sculptures were predominantly created for religious and political purposes."The beautiful necklace, with its rich gemstones and exquisite gold work, measure 8 in and 20cm arosss.It was made around 1300 BCE by a skilled craft workers in the Assyrian city of Ashur''."(Steele pag 25)"
Government The Mesopotamia at this time did not have a centralized government but, instead, had many smaller regions with their own separate governments. The early kings ruled over only their own city-states.About the written word It talks about.¨THe most complete version of the epoc to survive was written on clay tablets that were found in the city of Nineveh¨So it really talks about how there library was and how they explain. (Steele 40)
Ancient Egypt
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The Egyptians homes where made out of bricks and the Nile mud.The mud was collected in leather buckets and then they where token to the building site.The worker added straw and pebbles to the mud to make in to it to strengthen it.Than they pour the mixture into wooden frames to make bricks.(hart Pg 46)
religion The worshiped hundreds of different gods and goddesses.Many of Egyptians represented there God with animals or objects.At one of there temples there is a god named the moon god named Khonsu.There are 42 different administrative districts (or nomes).Nomes had there own god.There Was a group called The gods and their makers.They were in the 19th-century painting shows there artist had a idea of a workshop In which the Egyptian figures of the gods were made.(hart Pg 24)
location.The location of the Egypt live in the place called the red land and the red land cover more than 90%.Of Egypt They also live in a place called Kemet or it was called the black land.The black land was name after the the rich black silt.The famers could grow there crops with out feritiys it at all.There was a group of Egyptions called the Riverside people and they live right beside the Nile.There were 2 Niles the Nile White and the Nile blue.So there are two rivers and they are called that. (Hart)Pg 8
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