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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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