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This week in Mr. Brun's class, you may have noticed a lot of power points. We covered at least 4 ancient civilizations in each class. Here are the notes that covered the other students presentations in my class.
Egyptians
Old Kingdom- 2649- 2150 b.c.
3rd-6th dynasties
Scarce historic records
Considered to be “written in stone”
“Age of the pyramids & builders”
Geography
Coast- Mediterranean sea
Upper- red sea
Desert area
Government
King ruled my mandate of the Gods
Progress and strong centralized government during the 4th Dynasty
Growth of priesthood during the 5th and 6th Dynasty
No central Government at the end of the 6th dynasty
Laws
King assigned to represent the gods will
No judges or courts, officials judged cases
No legal code survived
War
Central government relied on no marks for supplies
No united army, just similar units
Regional governors could conscript soldiers
Hard to invade
Mainly fought among themselves
Invasions from Libyans to their west
Invasions from Nubians to their south
Tried to get control of nubia
Bronze tipped spears and shields
Power
First notable Pharaoh Djoser 2630- 2611 bce
Step pyramid
Vizier imhotep served as chief minister
Forbidden to speak the name of the king
Economy
Many jobs
Most common work- Agriculture
Money -shat Heqat
Money from taxes used to build projects
Social classes
Prisoners of war
Not many slaves
Farmars
Artisans
Merchants
Scribes
Soldiers
Pharaohs
Religion
Ra- sun god
Amon-Ra: King of gods
Nile
Went to heaven- son, Horus
Symbols- Obelisk, sundial, scarab
Pharos- Sons of RA
Pyramids
West nile
Land of Dead king met RA
Afterlife for king
Daily life objects
Education
Imitation
Farms, workshops, vineyards, and skills from leaders
Passed on religious and personal views
Books of instruction or wisdom literature
Sons worked with their fathers\
Entertainment
Parties- host welcomed- blossomed flowers wreaths- wax cone melted into wig
Harps lyres lutes oboe and drums
Games- Jacks with animal knucklebones or small stones
Games with dice
Clay rattles animals people
Ball out of leather or woven papyrus stuffed with straw
Outside a lot
Running and jumping games
Gender Roles
Women owned land
Kingdom passed through women
Only became king through maried
Women respect
both men and women worked
Art
Monumental stones & structures
Portraits of people
Lifesized in wood copper and stone
Carved images of animal plants and landscapes
Defeat death
Brought stuff to the next world
Advancements in Technology
Handheld mirror
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Rugs
Small statues
Ox drawn plough, light and heavy
Believed in stars
Medicine and magic
Pyramids of Giza
Made of limestone or pink granite
Ramp theory
Ending
Ended in chaos
Not certain what happened
Declined gradually
Bad government
Bad harvests led to famine
Babylonians
Social Hierarchy
Awilu- free people of upper state, kings, nobles, etc
Wardu- slaves, prisoner of war, recruited from middle class
Mushkenu- middle class
Jobs
Brick maker/layer
Baker
Wine Maker
Wine-Maker
Cook
Farmer
Musician
Gardener
Tax collector
Trade
Key to wealth, promoting king could tax
Trade had to be safe- Protected from bandits
Large stable empires were good for trade
One empire controlling the route meant there would be peace and security
When trade routes weren’t secure the trade would be discontinued
Babylon was important in the middle eastern trade network
Traders were taking exports out and bringing imports in
Merchants were bringing goods from other place
Political history
King Hammurabi - 1792 b.c.-1750-b.c.
Monarchy type government
King ruled officials under the king
Risen to power when father was forced out of the throne(King Sin-Muballit)
(laws)
Code of Laws- 282 of them- Doctor cured payed- killed- cut off extremities
Guilty of crime- they cut of their body parts
Earliest example of eye for an eye
Wars fought
2 closest neighbors
Elam and Assyria
Assyria - city captured (assyrian king)
Brought statue of Marduk to Assyria
Recaptured statue
Kept going after 10+ years
Geography
The city was put right between the Tigris Euphrates Rivers.
The mountains surrounded the East and North sides of the plain, the Zagros chain and Kurdistan
Syrian and Arabian deserts BLAH BLAH BLAH
Climate
Sumer, a lot hot and dry
Winters, very cold and wet
Religion
Many gods- Anu, Ea, Anlil
Temple size = importance of god's
Tower of Babel
Tried to reach heaven with bricks and stones and tar and mortar
Got mixed up languages and separated them
Education
Boys ages 8-9
School was a tablet house
Copied tablets all day
Sumerian- akkadian language
Art
Lion of babylon
Snake dragon
Structures built with stone y mud
Paintings had mythological characters, sacrifices, fighting
Hanging garden of Babylon
Terraces made of baked brick and asphalt
Plants on terraces
Nothing hung
Entertainment
Hunted for Wyatt Larson
Children had mini weapons
Festivals- singers and musicians
Boxing & wrestling
Polo on shoulders
Board games
Gender Roles
women
Married, arranged by parents and had family
Adultery- thrown in the water, and man could save her and her boy Friend
Prostitution- not bad, common
Job- stay t home with children, traded a bunch of junk
Men
Power over family-
1st error against father- hand cut off
2nd error-had his way with that boi
Wyatt
John green
SHANG DYNASTY
Political
Mohnacky style Government
High official
War lords ruled land
Taxes- paid
Death penalty- killed for death
History
Leadership of Chang Tang
Defeat king Jie of the Xia
Power in 1600 b.c.
Shang work with people
Social Program for the poor
Corrupt by king Di Xin
Over through my Wu of Zhou
Geography
Natural borders - Himalayas, pacific ocean and gobi desert
Located within - the yellow river valley
Time occupied area - 2nd millennium b.c
Climate - The most common weather in asia is dry weather with occasional monsoons due to the wind circulation near the himalayas
Economic
Bronze wares
Agriculture
Started the trait of fishing when established
Had well made woven silk
Grew rice, corn, millet, and wheat
Social
Dynasties were from family
Ruling - Artisans - Farmers - Slaves
Shang Religion
Advancement
Wrote on turtle backs
Calendars with 12 months and 365 based on the moon's cycles
Mass production of bronze, silk, and jade
Developed the decimal system
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