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Ancient Civilizations
Mesopotamia Egypt China Greece Indus River Valley
Mesopotamia
6500 – 3100 B.C.E.
Karl Musser. Tigris - Euphrates Watershed. 2005. Map. WikipediaWeb. 28 Jun 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia>.
Location Between Tigris and Euphrates River Present Day Iraq Known as the Fertile Crescent
Empires Sumerian Babylon Assyrian
Important contributions Wheeled Vehicles Astronomy Algebra Geometry First form of writing – cuneiform Hammurabi's Code – set of laws for society
Ancient Egypt
3200 – 500 B.C.E.
NASA Goddard. Egypt. 2011. Photograph. FlickrWeb. 28 Jun 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5635018418/>
Location Nile River Valley Mediterranean Sea
Society Pharaohs were divine rulers
Depended on viziers to supervise Mummified bodies upon death
Believed in afterlife
Contributions Tombs Pyramids
jay8085. Pyramids at Giza. 2005. Photograph. FlickrWeb. 29 Jun 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/89649959@N00/5275093636/>.
Ancient ChinaShang Dynasty: 1600 B.C.E.
- Han Empire 220 C.E.
Lamussa Design. Map of Shang Dynasty. 2009. Graphic. WikipediaWeb. 28 Jun 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_Dynasty>.
Location Present day China Dynasties shifted central location based on
who had power Tended to stay near rivers (Huang, Yangzi)
Society Social Classes (nobles, peasants) Many nature gods and spirits were
worshipped
Contributions
Roantree, Dermot . Great Wall. 2004. Photograph. FlickrWeb. 29 Jun 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/21814742@N00/13414746/>.
Ritenour, Anita. Terra-Cotta Army. 2008. Photograph. FlickrWeb. 29 Jun 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/puliarfanita/3456327439/>.
Ancient Greece
1750 – 133 B.C.E.
Megistias. The Archaic Period in Greece. 2007. Graphic. WikipediaWeb. 28 Jun
2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece>.
Location North Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea Balkan Peninsula
Society Very skilled seamen
Government evolved Monarchy to aristocracy to oligarchy to democracy
Polytheists – Many different gods and goddesses
Contributions Literature
Homer Democracy Science Philosophy
Aristotle, Plato, Socrates
Cattiaux, Guillaume. Parthenon. 2008. Photograph. FlickrWeb. 29 Jun 2012. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcattiaux/2349772226/>.
Indus River Valley
3300 – 1300 B.C.E.
M M. Indus Civilization. 2005. Graphic. WikipediaWeb. 28 Jun 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization>
Location Northwestern India and Pakistan Along fertile lands of Indus River Valley
Society Two main cities
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro Major farmers Polytheists – worshiped nature gods
Contributions Uniform weights and measurements Accurate time records Dentistry Used swastika before it became a symbol of
hatred Cremation
Works CitedEllis, Elizabeth Gaynor, and Anthony Esler. World History: Connections to Today. 1st. Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1999. 35-125. Print.
Mesopotamia
"Mesopotamia." . British Museum. Web. 29 Jun 2012. <http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/>.
Egypt
Kinnear, Jacques. "Ancient Egypt Site." 30 Jun 2011. Web. 29 Jun 2012. <http://www.ancient-egypt.org/>.
China
Wikipedia contributors. "Shang Dynasty." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Web. 29 Jun 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_Dynasty>.
Greece
"BBC: Primary History-Ancient Greece." . BBC, 2012. Web. 29 Jun 2012. <http://www.ancient-egypt.org/>
Indus River Valley
Wikipedia contributors. "Indus Valley Civilization." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Jun 2012. Web. 28 Jun 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization>.