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Specialization
In the Shang Civilizations of the
Yellow River Civilization, bronze
casting was developed. Later on, when
the superiority of iron came over
bronze, it caused for better furnaces to
be made that could hold more heat.
The Advanced Technology of
Ancient China. Thayer Watkins.
n.d. San Jose State University
Department of Economics. 1
5 Sept. 2011
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China was the most isolated civilization
that was studied so far. To the west and
southwest, high mountain ranges and
brutal deserts blocked easy movement.
The Chinese heartland lay along the east
coast and the valleys of the Huang He and
the Yangzi. In ancient times and today, the
rivers were used for irrigation and
transportation.
.
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2003.
Picture :The China Report. 22 Apr.
2011. 19 Sept. 2011. <http://www.
drben.net/ ChinaReport/Sources/
China_Maps/Yellow_River/MapOverview-Yellow-River-Flow01A.
html>
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Religion
Buddhism is spiritual practice to the
insight of the nature of life. Buddhist
practices such as meditation are one to
change oneself for the better. It’s
practiced to develop the qualities of
awareness, kindness and wisdom.
Buddhist Religion. n.d.
15 Sept. 2011. http://
www.buddhist-temples.com/
buddhist-religion.html
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Chinese writing was a system of
pictographs and ideographs. Some
of the oldest examples were oracle
bones. Written Chinese took shape
almost 4, 000 years ago. The
Chinese language includes over tens
of thousands of characters
representing a word or idea. Over
the recent years, Chinese has been
simplified, but is still the hardest
language to learn. Students must
learn over 10,000 characters
compared to English or Arabic,
which only contains 2 dozen
symbols representing sounds.
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Chinese, Mandarin. 19 Sept. 2011.
<http://www.christusrex.org/www
1/pater/JPN-chinese.html>
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Technology
One great technological achievement of
the Huang He River Valley was silk. By
discovering how to make silk thread from
the cocoons of silkworms, china started to
cultivate both the silkworms and the
mulberry tree, from which they fed. One
great technological achievement of the
Huang He River Valley was silk. By
discovering how to make silk thread from
the cocoons of silkworms, china started to
cultivate both the silkworms and the
mulberry tree, from which they fed.
World History Connections
To Today. 2003.
Aurora Silk. Cheryl Kolander. 19
Sept. 2011. <http://www.aurora
silk.com/tutorials_articles_faqs/
fabrics_yarns_fibers/vegan_
controversy.html>
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Cities
From the unearthed city of Shang, you
could see how people lived. For the
kings and powerful nobles, palaces
and tombs were placed in the city,
while for the peasants who lived in
dug out, thatched-roof pit houses.
Shang China resembled much of
Sumer then of Egypt.
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Picture:Chess, Goddess and
Everything. Jan. 20, June.
2010. 19 Sept. 2011.
<http://goddesschess.blogspot.
com/2010/06/western-zhoudynasty-tortoise-shell.html>
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Religion
The Indus River Valley people were
believed to be polytheistic which
means they believed in many gods.
One of their gods is the mother
goddess; she was believed to have
created everything. The mother
goddess was widely honored.
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Picture:The Indus Valley.
Creative Commons
Attribution. 19 Sept. 2011.
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Specialization
The people specialized in farming and
trade. They grew crops and were the first
to cultivate cotton and weave it into cloth.
They were also traded and they had ships
to carry cargo to distant lands. They
depended a great deal on trade. Without
trade they would not have some of the
goods they needed.
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Picture:The Pakistan Times.
Pakistan Times. 19 Sept. 2011.
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The Indus River valley civilization was
known to be the home of the literate
civilization. Over 400 Indus symbols have
been found on seals or ceramic pots.
“Indus Valley Civilization.”
Crystalinks. Web. 19 Sept. 2011.
< www.newpakistantimes.com/
moins-articles/india-is-amisnomer-the-british-indianempire-included-india-iraqburma-etc>
Picture: Indus Valley Civilization.
19 Sept. 2011.
< www.crystalinks.com/indus
civilization.html>
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The civilization was by a main river the
Indus River. This river was very important
to the Indus people it provided irrigation
and it also had fertile land for farming.
There was also the Deccan Plateau this
helped protect them from invaders. The
Himalayas were also located near the
Indus river valley.
“Indus Valley Civilization.”
Crystalinks. Web. 19 Sept. 2011.
Picture: Indus Valley Civilization.
19 Sept. 2011. < www.crystalinks.
com/induscivilization.html>
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Technology
The Indus River Valley was the first
civilization in the whole world to develop
a precise measurement and weighing
equipment. They also developed large
irrigation systems. Other technologies
such as boats and carts were trade
technologies.
“Indus River Valley Civilization.”
rivervalleycivilizations. 12 Sept.
2011. Web. 19 Sept. 2011.
Picture: Indus River. 12 Sept.
2011. <wn.com/Indus_River>.
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Cities
The two main cities in this civilization
was Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. The
most striking feature of these two
cities is that they were carefully
planned. These cities were laid out in a
grid pattern. The houses were built of
uniform oven fired clay bricks. The
houses had pluming systems, with
baths, drains, and water chutes. These
led into sewers beneath the streets.
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Picture: Period20910. n.d.
Creative CommonsAttribution.
15 Sept. 2011. <period20910.
wikispaces.com/Sedentary+
Urban+Living>
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The land has an arc that curves from
the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian
Gulf. It had dark rich soils, and golden
wheat fields that gave it it’s name The
Fertile Crescent. It was easy for
nomadic herders, ambitious invaders,
and traders to overcome the few
natural barriers across the Fertile
Crescent.
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Picture: Introduction To
Gilgamesh. Portions. 8 Oct. 2011.
<http://mtviewclass.wikispaces.
com/Gilgamesh.>
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Technology
They developed basic Algebra and
Geometry to measure and solve
problems of calculation . Their
number system was based on six, they
divided the hour into 60 min. and the
circle into 360 degrees. Which is what
we still use today.
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Picture: Soquel High School
Home of The Knights. Soquel
High School. 8 Oct. 2011.
< http://www.soquelhs.net/
home/Academics/
Mathematics>.
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The earliest known form of writing
was invented here. This type of
writing was later called cuneiform.
This writing was mainly used by
scribes and priest who had to go
through years of difficult training.
They used this to record gain in
harvest, myths prayers, laws , treaties,
and business contracts.
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Picture: Writing. The British
Museum. 8 Oct. 2011. <http://
www.mesopotamia.co.uk
/writing/home_set.html>.
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Religion
The people were polytheistic which means
they worshiped many gods. They thought
that their gods were in control of every
aspect of life especially nature. They
believed that their gods behaved like
normal people. Also they believed their
gods favored truth and justice and were
responsible for violence and suffering.
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Picture: International Year Of
Polytheism. 8 Oct. 2011.<http:
\//www.monochrom.at/
Polytheism>.
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Cities
There were few natural resources
when the cities first emerged and they
made use of the most they had. They
made bricks out of clay. These were
used to build great cities like Ur and
Erech.
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Picture: Mesopotamian City. 8
Oct. 2011.<http://www.real
magick.com/mesopotamian
-city>.
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Specialization
The Mesopotamian people specialized
in floods and irrigation. They were
able to control the Tigris and
Euphrates. They had to keep the rivers
from washing away their topsoil.
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Picture: Southern Mesopotamia.
Patrick Foundation. 10 Oct.
2011. < http://www.goldenage
\project.org.uk/713.php>.
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Religion
Like many civilizations, the Greeks were
polytheistic. Some of the man gods and
goddesses they worshipped were Athena,
Ares and Zeus. Ares was the god of war
and the son of Zeus. Athena, who was also
the daughter of Zeus, had the city of
Athens was named after. Many great
temple and festivals were made in honor
of the gods and goddesses. Also, when
wanted to talk to their gods or goddesses,
people consulted oracles, priest and
priestesses through whom the gods spoke
through.
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Picture: Athena Goddess Of
Wisdom. 10 Oct. 2011. < http:
//www.paleothea.com/
SortaSingles/Athena.html>.
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Specialization
One greatly honored profession was that of
a Spartan soldier. Spartan warriors were
taught and trained from the age of seven, if
you made it past birth inspection. If you
didn’t make it past birth inspection, you
were thrown over a cliff and left to die. By
the time the boy becomes twenty he is sent
to the barracks to be a full time soldier.
Life as a Spartan was that of physical,
mental and spiritual toughness. Married
life also depended on how fast or strong
you were. If you were the strongest
women, you married the strongest man. If
you were the fastest women, you married
the fastest man.
“Spartan Military.” Ancient
Military. n.d. Web. 5 Oct. 2011.
<http://www.ancientmilitary.com/
spartan-military.htm>.
Picture: History Of Sparta. 10 Oct.
2011. < http://www.sikyon.com/
sparta/history_eg.html>.
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The Greeks were the first to read and
write with an alphabet, which in time
led to modern European languages.
There were 3 different dialects that
was spoken through Greece Ionic,
Aeolic and Doric. The first surviving
script, found in Greece was the Linear
B found in 1953 used in the archaic
Mycenaean dialect. Greek was written
in the Greek alphabet derived from the
Phoenicians. Also as in ancient Greek
and Phoenician, the words are written
from right to left.
“Ancient Greek Language.”
Ancient Greece. University Press
Inc. n.d. Web. 5 Oct 2011. <
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/
AncientGreekLanguage/>.
Picture: Greek Alphabet. 10 Oct.
2011. < http://greece.mrdonn.org/
alphabet.html>.
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Cities
One of Greece’s greatest cities was
that of Sparta. Sparta was a city of
great military defenses. Boys were
under brutal training to become great
soldiers just as their fathers before
them. The beginning age of training
was usually seven. Girls as well were
trained rigorously to bare strong
children, so they were told to exercise
and stay strong. Life as a Spartan was
very difficult.
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Picture: Sparta. 10 Oct. 2011.
< http://www.crystalinks.com/
sparta.html>.
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Technology
One great technology, that was created
by the Greeks, that we all know and
love, is the shower. Compared to the
bathing system of Greece, the showers
of China and Mesopotamia were
rudimentary. Usually after exerting
themselves in the stadium, Greek
athletes would freshen up after words.
The remains of the whole complex
system were found in the excavated
gymnasium of Pergamum. The water
came from the shower head and would
fall onto the bather, then slowly drain
down into another bath, until going
down the drain, inadvertently giving
them a foot bath as well.
James, Peter and Nick Thorpe.
“Ancient Inventions: Showers.”
Ballantine Books, 1994. Web. 5
Oct. 2011.
Picture: Ancient Inventions.
Inventors Assistance League. 10
Oct. 2011. http://www.inventions.
org/culture/ancient/showers.html>.
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Greece is part of the Balkan Peninsula,
which extends in to the Mediterranean
Sea, which also had mountains which
mad isolated valleys. Because of the
isolation, city states were dived either
by water or mountains. Also, even
though it may have divided them, the
sea was a vital part of Greek life. With
the ability to travel on sea, it wasn’t
hard for travel, trade and different
cultures to filter through the people.
This created new ideas and customs,
and it also brought metal, grain, wine
and other supplies all through Greece.
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Picture: Greece. 10 Oct. 2011.
< http://www.grece-bleue.net/
greece/maps-ancient-greece.
Html>.
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Cities
Most Egyptians were peasant farmers.
The men and women spent their days
working in soil and repairing dikes.
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Picture: Mandy Barrow.
Ancient Egyptian Farming.
Woodlands Junior School,
Hunt Road Tonbridge 10
Oct 2011. <http://www.wood
lands-junior.kent.sch.
uk/Homework/egypt
/farming.htm
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Technology
The Egyptians had vast knowledge of
astronomy. The Egyptian priest were
the astronomers. They studied the
heavens, mapping constellations , and
charting the movements of the planets.
They were able to develop a calendar.
It had 12 months of 30 days each and
5 days were added to the end of each
year.
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Picture: Organized, Not
Created. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://
refmogospeldoctrine.blogspot.
com/2011/03/organized-notcreated.html>.
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Religion
From their ancestors they developed a
variety of religious beliefs and
practices. They had inscriptions on
monuments and tombs that revealed
how the Egyptians appealed to the
divine forces that they believed ruled
the world and the afterlife.
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Picture: Ancient Egyptian
Writing. Creative Commons
Attribution. 10 Oct. 2011.
<http://www.aldokkan.com/art
/hieroglyphics.htm>
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They had their own form of writing
called hieroglyphics. These were used
to keep important records. Priest and
scribes carved the hieroglyphics into
stone.
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Picture: Egyptian Writing.
10 Oct. 2011. <http://www.
aldokkan.com/art/hieroglyphics
.htm>
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Specialization
The Egyptians specialized in
mummification. They believed that
their was an afterlife. They had skilled
embalmers who removed the brain and
most of the internal organs. This
process normally takes several months
to complete.
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Picture: Eric Rymer. Wall
Paintings Of Ancient Egypt.
10 Oct 2011. <http://historylink
101.net/egypt_1/pic_wall_
paintings_1.htm>.
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The Egyptians depended on the Nile
River. They depended on its yearly
floods for life giving water and
depositing of silt. Without the Nile
Egypt would be swallowed by the
barren desert that surround it.
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Picture: Egypt. Museum of
Emory University, Memorial
Art Gallery of the University
of Rochester and Dallas
Museum of Art. 8 Oct. 2011.
<http://carlos.emory.edu/
ODYSSEY/EGYPT/nilemap.html>
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Specialization
One of the many jobs provided in our
city is that of an Agricultural Provider.
The Agricultural Provider is someone
is who constantly watching the
progress of the food grown for the
city. It’s a isolating job, but it gives the
Providers great respect in the city.
Both males and females may retain
this job, but it must be done carefully.
Should there be any mishap and the
AP doesn’t control it, it could cause
great problems for the city. This job
takes up to at least ten people for it to
run smoothly, so more than likely
families will be working there as well.
Picture:"Playlist: Where's the
Wheat." Photograph. American
Public Media. Melissa Kaplan.
Web. 6 Oct 2011.
<http://www.publicradio.org/
columns/marketplace/music/
2010/08/playlist-wheres-thewheat.html>
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Technology
One of our greatest creations so far is
the new Phone Friend. The Phone
Friend is like any other phone, but
instead of a cellular device, it is a
small compact robot. The Phone
Friend can do anything an iPhone can
do. All you have to do is command the
robot to do so. If you need a meeting
recorded or a phone number recorded,
you just command, and they shall do.
Also, if you wish to see the recording,
just command the robot to do so and it
will show a hologram touch screen,
where you may change what you
want. This is the new phone of the
future.
Picture: "R2-D2 Projector."
Photograph. High Tech Edge.
2009. Web. 6 Oct 2011.
<http://www.hightech-edge.
com/r2_d2-millennium-falcon
-projector-nikko-homeelectronic/3636/>.
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Record Keeping
In our Utopia, there are several languages
spoken in the area. There English, Spanish,
Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Arabic and
some other languages. Because of the
many languages there are many archives
for service information. Each archive
holds any kind of book or new article,
written in that language. English, Spanish
and Greek are quite easy to store because
of their alphabet. Coincidently this makes
it hard for Japanese, Chinese and Arabic
harder because they have characters
instead of individual letters. However the
cultural diffusion is a wonderful way for
new understanding of the people around
us.
Picture:"L’viv Archives Project
." Photograph. U.S.-Ukraine
Foundation. First Last. Web.
6 Oct 2011. <http://www.
usukraine.org/lvivarchives.
shtml>.
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Our Utopia is surrounded by water on
all sides. This helps them because they
don’t get invaded by people and they
are violence free. they also have a
river and mountains they use the river
to help with their farming and to catch
fish as well.
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Religion
There are many types of religion in
our Utopia. The main religion in the
Utopia is Christianity. 53% of the
people are christians.
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Cities
The cities are magnificent. We have
sewage systems , electric lines, etc.
They have tall buildings built by they
people who specialize in construction.
The tallest building in our city is
10,725ft.
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Religion
The Roman gods resembled the
Etruscans and Greeks. The Roman
god Jupiter ruled over the sky and
other gods and his wife was Juno and
she protected marriage. The Roman
calendar was full of feast and other
celebrations to honor their gods.
Picture: Roman Religion
Gallery. History. 10 Oct. 2011.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/history
/ancient/romans/roman_
religion_gallery_06.shtml>.
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The cities water were brought from
the hills into the city by aqueducts.
Pompeii was once a great roman city
that when down in history when it was
buried by Mount Vesuvius erupted.
There was no warning and everyone
died they died my toxic gas, falling
rock, or buried in ash. Pompeii
remained buried for almost 1700
years. In 1748 archaeologists began to
uncover the lost city of Pompeii.
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Picture: Roman World. 10 Oct.
2011. <http://www.galenfry
singer.com/roman_cities.htm>
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Specialization
The Romans specialized in sculpting.
Like the Greeks before them sculptors
stressed realism by portraying their
subjects with every wart and vein in
place. They broke new ground by
revealing an individuals character.
Some of the sculptors were more
idealistic also.
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Italy was much easier to unify than
Greece. The Apennine Mountains ran
like a backbone down the length of the
Italian pennisula. Had broad fertile
lands which supported a growing
population.
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Picture: The Roman Empire
Map. 10 Oct. 2011. < http://
www.roman-empire-map.
askricktoday.com/.
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The were taught to read and write.
They started their learning as children.
They had Roman calenders which held
many important dates. It also had
when they would have feast and
celebrations in honor of their gods.
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Picture: Recording of a Roman
woman singing in ancient
Latin. 10 Oct. 2011. <http://
adcguides.com/romansinging.
htm>.
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Technology
The Romans excelled in engineering.
They were able to build roads, bridges
and harbors. They also built aqueducts
these brought water from hills into
Roman Cities.
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Picture: Roman Aqueducts. 10
Oct. 2011. < http://www.history
forkids.org/learn/romans/
architecture/aqueducts.htm>.
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