Monday- Labor day
Tuesday thru Thursday
Babylon
1894 bc city state first amorite babylonian dynasty
Absolute monarchy
Hammurabi babylonian empire 18th babino to babylonia
Hammurabi’s code (282) Rules - eye for an eye tooth for a tooth
Assyrian conquest
Traded mostly products
539 bc persia
economy
Agriculture,barter trade system,currency,big economy
Education scribal type learning boys went to school, some girls could go if wealthy enough
Entertainment hunted, boxed, wrestled, and board games
7 wonders of the world
Was believed to float in the sky
8200 gallon 75 ft high
Natural protection was Caucasus Mountains, Asir and Hejaz Mountains, Arabian Desert, Nafud Desert
The Harappan Dynasty
3300-1300 BC
Since Harappa was the first city founded, that’s how the civilization was named
Hindu Kush- Great mountains in Central Asia was one of the natural barriers
The Great Bath was one of the best-known structures among the ruin of the ancient Indus valley civilization in Pakistan. Was used as a public bath
It was the largest of the four ancient civilizations. But it was the least known.
The two largest cities were Mohenjo- Daro(Also known as The Hill Of Death)
Created one of the world's first written language
They were Polytheistic
They worshipped goddess of fertility
They buried objects with the dead
Ruling class(Wealthy)-mostly high merchants and high priests
Middle(mostly petty merchants and craftsmen)
Lowest class(laborers that lived in huts)
They danced for entertainment
Their artwork were bronze statues
Many pictograms were found
Duties for women were to bare children and housekeep
Men served as priest, warriors, and tribal leaders, could also inherit land
Seals were used as currency
Created beads from bone
The priests were the highest
Priests rule, Warriors, Merchants, unskilled workers, outcastes(untouchables)
Hinduism is tied in with this civilization
There was a total of 3 laws
Dharma-Influenced by class, gender, occupation, and age
Karma-Religious law of cause and effect everything will happen with consequences
People choose their fate
Cycle of Samsara- Cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
Ultimate bliss
War- No evidence of armies(weapons)
A lot of the people were farmers
The waterways provided resource for trade
Commoners harvested twice a year because of the natural disasters
There was a higher power that controlled food
How they lost power was from River Drying
Harappa was rebuilt 7 times
Urban and mercantile
People made a living by trading mostly
Very rich some people had gold instruments studded with jewels
Ate lots of wheat rice veggies and raised cows bulls buffalo goats and camels
Ancient Egypt
Northern Africa- Gaza Strip, Israel, libya, and sudan
Desert east and west of the nile river mountains to the south
386,662 sq miles
River was important for the population/ farming
Grew their own food and lived around and based on the nile river
Mud brick houses
Barter system crops livestock jewelry and precious stones
Polytheism daily praying rituals mummification gave your soul life forever
Individual complex city states
First scribes
Kings
The code of Ur-Nammu
Sargon the great/ Sumer
Soil Salinity was how they started losing power
Polytheistic, believed in many gods
Priests taught the boys and were very tough on them
The white temple
Drums, Flutes, Harps, Boxing, wrestling, boardgames were used for entertainment
Gender Rules-Men
The wheel, circle, geometry, writing, irrigation, medical advancement, sailboats were invented
Friday - Sick
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