Monday - no school
Tuesday -
Assyrians -
Military built
Rose to power in 850 BC
Advanced weapons (iron, copper)
they would dig under enemy walls to weaken them
Collapsed in 612 BC - spread too thin
Had taxes
Ag
Person could only do a job within their social class
Carpenters, fishing, potters, masonry, and leather
Located in Northern Mesopotamia
Kings and wealthy lived life rich and spent times feasting
Monotheism
Harappans - India -
Began 5,000 years ago and lasted 2,000 years
Ended with mutual consent
Arabian Sea - food and protection
Himalayan mountains - protection
Thar desert - protection
Pakistani Ranges - Protection
Everything was uniform - houses were the same size
Buildings were 2 stories
Invented water wells
Waste removal systems
One public bath
Women had many rights
Theocratic religion - government and religion are one in the same - had many gods
Literate and Ag related education
Dice and marble - gambling for entertainment
Made art and statues
Wednesday -
Egyptians -
Ruled by dynasty
Strict economy
Grew own food and traded it
Nile river provided fertile soil
Sons fo Farmers went to work at 14
Wealthy children would be educated
Few careers for women - trained for motherhood
Thursday -
Zhou Dynasty -
Feudal Government - King - give land to Lords - All protected by knights - majority of people were lower class
Qin Dynasty attacked and took power from the Zhou.
Zhou dynasty was longest dynasty
Believe in dualism - everything is related and works in balance
Came up with coins, chopsticks, catapults
Mandate of Heaven - chosen by God
Great Wall of China started being build during Zhou Dynasty and continued throughout the fall of the Dynasty
Phoenicians -
Early economy was timber sales, woodworking, the cloth dyeing
Not many natural resources
Imported raw materials
Lived by the sea from fishing and trade
Friday -
Carlos presented Sumer
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