The early civilizations of the world developed many revolutionary innovations that would pave the way for future generations. Many of these ancient innovations have been refined for modern use‚ making our society that much more efficient. The civilizations of Sumer‚ Egypt‚ India‚ and China were at the forefront of ancient creativity. Their innovations‚ though different in many ways‚ all contributed to the society we live in today. The Sumerians‚ for instance‚ developed the wheel‚ which is known as
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The Nile River Ancient Egypt was one of the most successful ancient civilizations ever. One major reason it was so successful was because of the Nile river. The Nile provided many great thing that a civilization needs. The Nile provided a great fresh water source‚ a quicker way to travel‚ and vegetation/food. The Nile was a very important part of Ancient Egypt. One reason that the Nile helped so much was because it provided a great water source. Since the water in the Mediterranean sea was salt
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Pyramid Construction and the Afterlife of the Pharaoh The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is the only one left standing out of the seven. The Great Pyramid was built in honor of the Pharaoh‚ Khufu. It was once believed that the pyramids were constructed by slaves. It was later discovered that out of work farmers would work on the pyramids when the tide rose for the Nile. It was then believed that the deceased would be buried with the things that they would
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The Ancient Egyptians believed that when a pharaoh died he became “Osiris”‚ the king of the dead. They believed that for the dead pharaoh to carry out his duties as king of the dead his “ka” (soul or spirit) which remained with the body‚ had to be looked after. In order for the “ka” to survive‚ the dead pharaoh’s body was mummified and buried with all the things it would need for the afterlife. A method of artificial preservation‚ called mummification was developed by the ancient Egyptians. Mummification
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Chinese Dynasties The Xia Dynasty‚ 2070-1600 BC‚ was an important dynasty for the Chinese civilization and their history. It brought an end to the Primitive Society and brought up a new trend‚ the slave society. Towards the end of the Xia Dynasty‚ social conflicts grew and they were forced to go to war. The people were tired of dealing with all of with all the things they were forced to do for their leader so they fled in large numbers and were soon ruled by the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty
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World History Assignment #2 Water was more important to the development of a working civilization in Ancient Egypt than Mesopotamia for the following reasons: irrigation‚ drinking‚ resources and trade. Although these factors were used by both Egypt and Mesopotamia‚ the latter had a better understanding and control over water than Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia (3500 B.C.E. - 530 B.C.E.) was located in northeast Syria‚ which is now know today as Iraq. It was mainly surrounded by water‚ most notably the
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Joseph peddicord 6-08 12/8/16 essay In Egypt the people believed that the Nile was a god so they held religious ceremonies there. They believed that the Nile was a god so when the Nile flooded the people thought that the gods were mad. The Nile shaped ancient Egypt by giving the people water and other goods they also believed that Egypt was a gift from the Nile. My road map is that the Nile gave the people available recourses like water crops and that gave them the ability to have some of the best
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Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest and most powerful civilizations in history. Ancient Egypt was broken down into three main time periods‚ the Old‚ Middle‚ and New Kingdoms. The civilization was located along the Nile River in northeast Africa. The Nile River was vital to Egyptians. “About 95 percent of the people lived on the less than 5 percent of Egyptian Land that was arable and located along the Nile.” (Matthews et al. 15). Egyptians relied on agriculture by working on the land‚ using the
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The similarity between the Han Dynasty and the Gupta/Mauryan Dynasty in terms of political control of the population was they both supported patriarchal families where women were subordinate to men. However‚ an important difference is that in India they had a caste system including jatis‚ which did not exist in Han China. Several similarities of both Gupta/Mauryan dynasty and Han dynasty are they had development of iron and textile expansion. Male dominance was part of both the Han dynasty and
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Compare and contrast the religious beliefs of the people of Mesopotamia and the people of Egypt. One major difference in the religious beliefs of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia was there belief in eternal life. Mesopotamians believed that once you died‚ you then ceased to exist in any world and there was no afterlife. On the contrary‚ Egyptians went to great lengths to preserve the dead in order for them to flourish in the afterlife. Once a person died‚ depend on their class‚ their body was mummified
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