Monday- Start presentations
Sumerians
Democracy
Shang Dynasty
Northeast China
King Tang
farmers
serfs
Agricultural advances- wood/stone tools
Trading- yellow river and yangtze river
Cows, bronze, crops,
Currency- Sea shells, easy to count
Technology- Chinese calendar, ear Chinese script, Use of bronze in tools/weapons, oracle bones
Politics- feudalism- like empire, Regional/City rulers
Culture- Musical instruments, drums, winds, and cymbals
Sculptures- jade, stone bronze shell ceramics
Religion- polytheistics, Taoism, Buddhism
Tuesday-
Wednesday-
Egyptian
Pharaoh- blamed for anything bad and praised for anything good
Art- monumental structures in stone, lifestyle statues: wood copper and stone
Girls, taught by their mother's- sewing, cooking, and reading
Boys taught by priests and scribes: math reading religion
Entertainment- board games, senet game of passing
Sports storytelling
Pyramids- Pyramid of Djoser and Great pyramid of Giza
Writing hieroglyphics, papyrus
Geography- lower Nile Valley, South mountain, East deserts, West deserts, flooding, sea
Culture- Art images, sculptors, wood, copper, stone, temples and tombs, technology
Politics- Pharaoh, nobles, scribes, lower
Political system (pharaoh)- was considered a "king and god", ultimate power
Nobles- government Officials, appointed by Pharaoh, usually family members, priest
Scribes- wrote and were craftsmen, Middle class
"Servant class"- made up of farmers, servant or slave
Thursday- Basics, Barter system, Workers, Changed/foreigners
Jobs- Pharaohs, soldiers, servants,scribes, doctors, merchants, dancers
trade- 4th century Bc, Aegean, Mediterranean, Red
Part of produce collected-
Harappan-
Political- government was ruled by Priests and kings
Religion was basis of their government
Laws all came from from religious beliefs
Monarchy- form of government with supreme authority
How/when did they lose power?
Earthquakes, flooding, climate change
When the desert settled in the soul became infertile
Aryans attacked the civilization
Government
theocracy government
run by a priest
Karma was a big part of their laws
be a good person and do your duty
Really peaceful civilization
Avoided war for over 2000 years
main fight was the Aryans
How/when did they come into power?
Earliest evidence of religious practices in the Indus valley was 5500 BCE
Evidence of farming dates
Economy- trading based economy, refined materials, Indian rivers
How did people make a living
Priests
Social Classes
Caste system
Geography- pakistan
Himalayan mountains, desert, and Arabian sea
Social-
Entertainment- monkey sliding down,
Gender rules/education system
Women were to take care of the house
Men could own land and an and education
Relgion
They worshiped a mother goddess of fertility
Advances- plumbing, grid system
Friday- Assyrians
Political history- monarchy, hereditary, King- lawmaker, administrator
Laws- harsh, cropping of ears,
Hammurabi's code- 282, stone pillar, more celebrated king, universal code, legal experts collect data, requires accusers to bring accused to court
Economy- Farming, wheat, barley, melons, vegetables
Tigris River- Irritation, Importing/exporting goods, trade route
Jobs- potters, goldsmith, engravers, woodworkers, leather producers, brick makers, masonry, stone cutters, fishers/hunters, carpenters, farmers
Social Classes- king, nobles, merchants, business owners, artisans, carpendars
Geography- Modern day northern Iraq, fertile crescent, Zigros mts, water routes, natural barrier
Advances- Calvary, siege warfare, canals, flood irrigation, plow/planter
Religion- Ashurism, Christianity, Ashur- god or air
Education- boys only
Entertainment- Music, sports, kids toys
Gender roles- women, wives, housekeepers, mothers, tending the fire
Men- kings, rule makers, farmers, warriors, architects, and fathers
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