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Hieroglyphics
The Egyptians used a form of
record keeping known as
hieroglyphics, which were
pictures that symbolized
words or phrases. They would
carve hieroglyphics.
Information: Collins, Andrew.
“Egypt’s Lost Legacy and the
Genesis of Civilization.”
Bibliotecapleyades. 1998. web.
14 September, 2011.
Picture: “heiroglyphics in a
tomb.” n.d. Image. WordPress.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Clocks
Egyptians had two different
types of clocks – a water clock
and a sundial. Water clocks
were stands with a pot on top,
and at the bottom. The pot at
the top had a hole drilled in
the side and was filled with
water, which would flow out.
Depending on the water level,
the Egyptians new what time
is was.
Information:
“Technology of Ancient
Egypt.” ThinkQuest.
N.d. web. 14
September, 2011.
Picture: “Clocks.” n.d.
Image. ThinkQuest.
Web. 14 September,
2011.
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Architecture
Egyptians specialized in
architecture, and would often
put sculptures of powerful
gods and goddesses at the
gateways and entrances to
their temples and cities to
protect the citizens.
Information: “Egyptian
Architecture.” ThinkQuest.
n.d. web. 10 October,
2011.
Picture: “Egyptian
Guardians.” n.d. Image.
ThinkQuest. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Statues
The Egyptians would often
build statues and pyramids in
order to worship their mass
amount of gods and
goddesses. The Egyptians
were polytheistic, and spent
most of their free time in
worship.
Information: “Egypt’s Lost
Legacy and the Genesis of
Civilization.”
Bibliotecapleyades. 1998.
web. 14 September, 2011.
Picture: “Anubis.” n.d. Image.
DonaldIsLost. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Egyptian Cities
When the Egyptians settled a town,
they took two main considerations
into mind, which were how close
they were to water, and how
elevated the land that they were
settling on was. These were
extremely important because if
they were too far from water, they
would die of dehydration, but if they
were too close to water and the
land was not elevated enough, the
town would most likely end up
being flooded when the Nile
flooded.
Information: Ashcroft,
Adam. “The Ancient
Egyptians.”
AncientEgyptians. n.d.
web. 10 October 2011.
Picture: “Cities” n.d.
Image. Subcreator. Web.
10 October, 2011.
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Egypt
The Egyptian Civilization was
affected by geography in two major
ways. The Egyptians built their
whole settlement along the Nile
River, which they used for water,
trade, travel, and irrigation. The
Egyptians were also impacted in
geography by the fact that they
were surrounded to the east and
west by a desert, which created a
barrier of defence, but also limited
expansion.
Information: “How Did
Geography Affect Egypt.”
Slideshare. N.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Ancient Egypt
Map.” n.d. Image.
PowerUp. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Swagtopia
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Swagginism
The followers of Swagginism
must have their swag up at all
times. The only book they are
allowed to read is the Book of
Swagg. The followers also
must wear Name-Brand only.
They do this to respect the
Swagg Gods.
Picture: Butler, Micah.
“What Is Generation
S.W.A.G.G?” 21 May,
2010. Image.
PreacherBoy. Web. 5
October, 2011.
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TFS-9273
The TFS-9273 was created
out of pure titanium, and is
used for quite a few different
purposes. The major uses are
for air force, faster travel, and
space exploration. It is armed
with four B-33 missiles incase
of attacks from enemies. TFS
stands for Technological
Flying Spacecraft.
Picture: “New
Technology.” n.d.
Image. Ultisky. Web.
10 October, 2011.
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Videotaping
Swaggtopia’s citizens record
all of their records on
videotapes so that they can
upload it to “Swaggbook” and
view it from anything that can
connect to the internet.
Picture: “Videos.” n.d.
Image. Logos
Database. Web. 4
October, 2011.
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Aeronautics
Swaggtopia is known as the
“birthplace of Aeronautics.”
Swaggtopians invented the
first aircraft, building it out of
pure aluminum alloy. They
also do not believe in groundtransportation, due to the fact
that they’ve learned that it is
more environmentally and
economically friendly by using
air travel.
Picture: “Aeronautics
Logo.” 1978. Image.
Logos Database.
Web. 4 October,
2011.
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Flood Walls
Most of Swagtopia’s cities
have “Flood Walls” around
them, due to the fact that a
large number of them are
build on small islands. The
Flood Walls prevent the cities
from being flooded, while still
allowing the citizens to obtain
water.
Picture: Chaps, Jorge.
“LILYPAD.” 20 July,
2008. Image. Inhabitat.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Swaggtopia Map
Swaggtopia built its cities
based around the rivers, land,
and where it would be easier
to defend from foreign
attackers. The capital, Swagg
City, was established near the
center of the civilization, but it
was also near a large body of
water, which made this region
an almost ideal place for the
capital.
Picture: “Land Mass
Outline.” n.d. Image.
Fantasy Map Maker.
Web. 4 October, 2011
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Rome
Room 5
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Roman Religion
While the Romans had Gods
and Goddesses for nearly
everything, they did not have
one central belief. Most of
their religious acts required
sacrifice of either human or
animal blood. Their religion is
similar to the Greek religion,
but it is still pretty unique. This
artifact is a picture of Mars,
Roman God of War.
Information: “Romm
Religion.” Roman
Empire. n.d. web. 24
September, 2011.
Picture: “Ares.” n.d.
Image. Sodahead. Web.
10 October, 2011.
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Roman Records
Romans kept their records by
writing on parchment, papyrus, and
wax tablets. Modern English letters
look very similar to Roman letters,
except backwards. Romans
established this form of record
keeping around 700 B.C. At first,
they couldn’t decided whether they
wanted to write left-to-right, or
right-to-left, but they eventually
decided left-to-right.
Information: “How the
Romans Wrote.”
Moorstation. n.d. Web. 25
September, 2011.
Picture: “Rome Records.”
n.d. Image. Ancientweb.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Roman Cities
The Romans built their buildings
out of plastar and stone walls. The
Roman Civilization thrived for quite
some time, mostly due to Julius
Ceaser organizing the growth of it.
The main city of Rome was burned
down and destroyed by a huge fire
in 64 A.D., and they had to rebuild
it from scratch, but they still lost
most of their records and
documents.
Information: “Rome.”
MCE. n.d. web. 25
September, 2011.
Picture: “The Forum
Romanum. Curran, Leo.
n.d. Image. MCE. Web.
10 October, 2011.
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Roman Art
The Romans
specialized in art,
.
which they began to really start
doing around 500 B.C. As the
empire grew, so did the number of
artists that there were. Out of all of
the influences that Roman Art had,
Christianity was the strongest
apparent one there was, which
began to appear around 300 A.D.
In 200 A.D., there was a strong
German influence, and the art
began to show people suffering by
having their heads cut off, insides
ripped out, and other sorts of
gruesome acts.
Information: “Roman
Art.” ThinkQuest. n.d.
web. 24 September,
2011.
Picture: “Rome
Sculpture.” Greek
Roman Art. n.d. web.
10 October, 2011.
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Hypocaust
The Romans invented the
Hypocaust inorder to keep
their homes heated. They did
this by elevating the floors and
keeping a fire in the furnace.
This kept the air heated, and
the warm air would move
through the house, heating the
house.
Information: Bill, M.S.
“Hypocaust.” About.
n.d. web. 24
September, 2011.
Picture: “Roman
Hypocausts.” Hot
Floors. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
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Rome
The Roman civilization was
established in a location that
centered around trade and
transportation. They also had
a good location for defense
from foreign invaders. Rome
was located on the Tyrrhenian
Sea, and on the Tibet River,
which made it easy for them to
travel and trade.
Information: “The
Impact of Geography
on Ancient Rome.”
Flow of History. n.d.
web. 24 September,
2011.
Picture: “Rome.” n.d.
Image. Verselink. Web.
10 October, 2011.
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Greece
Room 5
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Tablets
The Greeks kept their records
by writing on clay tablets.
Their records would consist of
art techniques, festival
schedules, laws, etc. Most
historians believe that their
form of record keeping is
closely related to that of the
Ancient Macedonians.
Information: Joseph,
Brian. “Greek,
Ancient.” Ohio State
University. N.d. web.
26 September, 2011.
Picture: Mundigler,
Christian. “Old
Record.” n.d. Image.
NY Times. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Zeus
Zeus, Roman God of the
Sky, is one of the many
gods and goddesses that the
Greeks worshipped. Their
religion was very similar to
that of the Romans, but the
gods and goddesses had
different names. Greeks
also offered animals to the
gods to show their worship.
Information: Joseph,
Brian. “Greek,
Ancient.” Ohio State
University. N.d. web.
26 September, 2011.
Picture: “Zeus.”
Designdazzling. N.d.
web. 10 October, 2011.
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Sword & Shield
The Greeks were of the first to
use metal armor in warfare.
Their warriors had helmets,
armor, and weaponry usually
made of brass to use during
times of war. This made them
fearsome enemies and scared
off many would-be attackers.
Information: “Selected
Greek Armor.” Greek
Warriors. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Swords and
Shield.” n.d. Image.
Friend Of Mercy. Web.
10 October, 2011.
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Art
The Greeks specialized in art.
Ancient Greek Art consists
primarily of vases, statues,
and architecture, which at the
time were a huge innovation in
a variety of things. Greek art
changed multiple times
throughout the years, but it
ended up being similar to how
it originally began.
Information: “Greek
Art (An Overview).”
About. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Greek Art.”
n.d. Image. WikiSpaces.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Greek Cities
Ancient Greece was made up
of city-states, but each citystate had its own form of
government and its own army.
The two largest of these were
Athens and Sparta.
Information: Doleys,
Teri. “Ancient Greece.”
Cedarville. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Sparta Ruins.”
n.d. Image. Around
Greece. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Greece
The Greeks built their
civilization based around
trade. They did not worry
about farming, due to the fact
that they were surrounded by
water and trade routes. The
mountains also served as
natural barriers and
boundaries for Greece’s citystates.
Information: Joseph,
Brian. “Greek,
Ancient.” Ohio State
University. N.d. web.
26 September, 2011.
Picture: “Map of
Greece in 431 BC.” n.d.
Image. Earth History.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Mesopotamia
Room 3
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Star of Ishtar
Ishtar was a Mesopotamian
Goddess. The
Mesopotamians were
polytheistic, meaning that they
worshipped many different
gods and goddesses. They
would paint and carve the
symbols of the gods and
goddesses into architecture to
show their worship.
Information: “Religion in
Mesopotamia and Primary
Gods.” Ancient Civilizations
History. n.d. web. 14
September, 2011.
Picture: “Symbol of Goddess
Ishtar.” n.d. Image. Ancient
Civilizations History. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Metal Tools
Around 4000 B.C.
Mesopotamians discovered
how to make bronze tools and
weapons. Since they were
more effective, there was a
high demand in them, which
also caused more people to
become metalworkers.
Information:
“Specialization of
Labor-Mesopotamia.”
Period90910. n.d. web.
12 September, 2011.
Picture: “Metal Tools.”
n.d. Image.
Period90910. web. 10
October, 2011.
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Ziggurats
The Mesopotamians specialized in
labor, mainly because the less
privileged people often became
slaves or servants in wealthy
homes and learned to work and
cultivated the farm lands.
Mesopotamians built ziggurats to
worship their gods and goddesses.
One of their most impressive
buildings was a ziggurat built for
the fertility Goddess, Inanna, which
took 1,500 laborers working ten
hours a day for five years.
Information:
“Specialization of
Labor-Mesopotamia.”
Period90910. n.d. web.
12 September, 2011.
Picture: “Ziggurats.”
n.d. Image.
Period90910. web. 10
October, 2011.
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Cuneiform
Mesopotamians used
cuneiform to keep their
records. Cuneiform was a type
of script which consisted of
pictures which symbolized
words, very similar to
heiroglyphics. Mesopotamians
would draw their cuneiforms
into clay tablets and let the
clay harden so that their
records became permanent.
Information:
“Mesopotamia.” Classics
Technology Center. n.d.
web. 12 September, 2011.
Picture: “The Beginnings of
Writing.” n.d. Image.
Classics Technology Center.
Web. 12 September, 2011.
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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia itself means
“between two rivers.” It is
located between the Tigris
River and the Euphrates
River. The Sumerians settled
into the region around 4,000
B.C, which marked the first
civilization.
Information: “Mesopotamia.
& Ancient Persia” Taxson.
n.d. web. 12 September,
2011.
Picture: “Mesopotamia.”
n.d. Image. Taxson. Web. 12
September, 2011.
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Mesopotamian Cities
Mesopotamian cities
developed along the rivers
due to the fact that
Mesopotamians were primarily
farmers. The river water
helped irrigate the land along
the banks in order to help the
crops grow.
Information: “Ancient
Mesopotamia.” Kture
Kharkov. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Babylon.” n.d.
Kture Kharkov. n.d. web.
10 October, 2011.
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Indus River Valley
Room 5
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Indus River Valley
The Indus River Valley
established its civilization near
the Himalayan Mountains.
They got their water from the
Himalaya’s torrents of water,
which also helped irrigate the
soil, but created monsoons in
lowlands, which eventually
caused people to die.
Information: Guisepi,
R.A. “Indus River
Valley Civilization.”
MrDowling. n.d. web.
10 October, 2011.
Picture: “Map of Indus
Valley.” n.d. Image.
History-World. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Indus River Valley Cities
Archaeologists found two 4000year-old cities along the banks of
the Indus River which they named
Mohenjo-Daro, which means “hill of
the dead,” and Harappa. The
buildings of the cities were up to
three-stories and built of sturdy
bricks, with elaborate drainage
systems. Not much is known about
what really happened to the
civilization, but it seems to have
been abandoned near 1700 B.C.
Information: “MohenjoDaro and Harappa.” Mr
Dowling. N.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “MohenjoDaro.” n.d. Image.
History Kal World.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Pottery
The citizens of the Indus River
Valley specialized in a variety
of thing, but one major thing
would be art. A lot of the
artists were potters, which
they would do in their free
time, either to sell their crafts
or so that they’ll have
something to store their things
in from their main occupation.
Information: “Indus
Valley Civilization.”
infoplease. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.Picture:
“Indus Valley Pottery
2” n.d. Image. JHTerry
Gallery. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Stamp Seal
Some people of the Indus
Valley Civilization used forms
of cuneiform, but their pictures
that they drew do not have as
apparent of a meaning as
most. They also developed a
writing system that was used
for several hundred years, but
we still are unable to read the
words that they wrote.
Information: “The 3
Great River Valleys.”
His 1010 World
History. 2011. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Stamp Seal.”
n.d. Image. His 1010
World History. Web. 10
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Religion
The Indus mainly expressed
their religious beliefs through
art and architecture, because
they believed that they were
more important than religion.
The Indus were mainly Hindu,
which were polytheistic.
Information: “Indu
Religion.” MrPlasko.
n.d. web. 10 October,
2011.
Picture: “Hinduism.”
n.d. Image. MrPlasko.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Drainage System
The first plumming systems appeared by
2700 BC in the Indus River Valley
Civilizations, but overall there were no real
fast improvements. Some time before the
Indu Civilization disappeared, they
developed an elegant drainage system
that was well ahead of their time and
technology. Not much is known about what
caused them to create such an extremely
well designed system, but it works nearly
aswell as modern day drainage systems,
except it is more public.
Information: “Plumbing
History.” Expert Plumbing
Directory. 09 November,
2010. web. 10 October,
2011.
Picture: “Indu Plumbing.”
n.d. Expert Plumbing
Directory. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Chinese River
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Chinese River
The Huang He river
streatches across China over
2,900 miles and carries rich
yellow silt all through China,
which improves the farm land.
The river also helps with trade
and travel, since most of
China is surrounded by
mountain ranges and river
valleys.
Information: “Yellow River
Valley Civilization.” The
River Valley Civilization
Guide. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Yellow River
Valley Civilization.” n.d.
Image. The River Valley
Civilization Guide. n.d.
web. 10 October, 2011.
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Chinese Cities
The king ruled from Anyang,
the capital. He divided his
kingdom into territories that
were ruled by the military
leaders, but the king still had
the power to add or remove
them whenever he chose.
They also believed tat they
could talk to the gods
whenever they wished and
receive help when needed.
Information: “Yellow River
Valley Civilization.” The
River Valley Civilization
Guide. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Yellow River
Valley Civilization.” n.d.
Image. The River Valley
Civilization Guide. n.d.
web. 10 October, 2011.
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Literature
The Chinese were the first to
create written books, which is
what they used to keep their
records in. They also wrote
stories and ancient rituals in
these books so that they could
pass them down through
generations.
Information: “Yellow River
Valley Civilization.” The
River Valley Civilization
Guide. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Yellow River
Valley Civilization.” n.d.
Image. The River Valley
Civilization Guide. n.d.
web. 10 October, 2011.
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Written Language
The Chinese were the first to
actually have a written
language that didn’t consist
primarily of drawings. They
would instead use symbols,
which stood for words or
letters, rather than pictures
that stood for what it was a
drawing of.
Information: “The River
Valley Civilizations.”
SlideShare. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Jain Devanagari
Book Script.” n.d. Image.
Schoyen Collection. web.
10 October, 2011.
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Chinese Religion
The Chinese had many
complex religious beliefs.
They were polytheistic and
believed in many gods and
nature spirits. They also
believed that great gods could
not hear the prayers of simple
mortals, so they prayed to
their ancestors. They also
made sacrifices such as food
or other necessities to the
gods.
Information: “The River
Valley Civilizations.”
SlideShare. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Ancient China
Buddhism.” n.d. Image.
Ancient China Life. Web.
10 October, 2011.
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Chinese Art
The people of the Yellow River
made pots, wrote poetry, and
even sang songs based on
nature. They were perhaps
the most musical civilization of
ancient times. They would
also decorate their weapons
before going to war.
Information: “The River
Valley Civilizations.”
SlideShare. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.
Picture: “Ancient Chinese
Art.” n.d.Image. Ancient
China Life. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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