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Rome

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Cities

Roman cities were planed with two major streets running east to west, and north to south, intersecting at the Roman forum; which was the center of trade between cities.

Cities

Summary: “Roman Cities.” History Link 101. n.d. Web. Oct. 11 2011.

Picture: “The Eternal City of Rome.” Rome Cities. Sep. 21 2011. <worldtourist.vsa/italy/rome.html.,>

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Specialization

Most of the population of Rome was made-up of farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders.

Specialization

Summary: World History. Connections To Today. 2003. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/columes?q=0130627976.>

Picture: “Gaius marius (157-86 BC) and the reform of the Roman army.” Roman Army. Sep. 21 2011. <www.the-Romans.CO.UK.(marius.htm.>

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Record Keeping

Romans kept records of roles of citizenship for taxation purposes. They kept records of owner of properties, records of trade, weather records and records of government.

Record Keeping


Picture: “Roman Writing.” Dreamstime. Sep. 21 2011. < http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_82/1157509096pM5vMW.jpg>.

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Complex Organizations

Romans believed in gods. Some of the gods are Zeus, Jupiter and Juno. Zeus was the Roman god. Juno, Jupiter’s wife, protected marriage. Jupiter ruled over the sky and other gods.



Picture: Cline, Austin. “Zeus (Roman: Jupiter.)” About. Sep. 21 2011. < http://atheism.about.com/library/graphics/ZeusOtricoli-s.jpg>.

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Technology

Romans were great engineers. They built chariots, buildings, temples and a vast empire. The also constructed roads to move from place to place.

Technology

Summary: “Roman Technology.” Camelot International. N.d. Web. Sep. 24 2011.

Picture: “Road Design.” Planning Rural Roads. Sep. 24 2011. < http://www.ruralroads.org/images/roman%20road.jpg>.

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Map

Romans relied of seas for international trade. The soil was naturally rich and fertile land. The also relied on rivers as well.

Map

Summary: World History. Connections To Today. 2003. <http://books.google.com/books/feeds/columes?q=0130627976

Picture: “Map of Ancient Rome.” Rome Info. Sep. 21 2011. < http://www.rome.info/ancient/map/ancientmap.gif>.

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Greece

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Cities

The Spartans isolated themselves from other Greeks. Their city was built of many small city-states. The Spartans kept their city protected very well.

Cities


Picture: “History Blog.” History Blog. Sep. 21 2011. < http://blog.aurorahistoryboutique.com/images/ancient-sparta-0609.png>.

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Specialization

The Spartan women managed the house and raised the children. They also wove and baked bread for their families. The cooked and cleaned also.

Specialization

Summary:“Women and Work.” Jobs and Employment in Ancient Greece. N.d. Web. Sep. 21 2011.

Picture: “Life in Ancient Greece.” Malahans. Sep. 21 2011. < http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Music/MusicWork.jpg>.

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Reord Keeping

The Greeks were the first of the Europeans to learn how to write. The Greeks kept records of many things.

Record Keeping


Picture: “Greek Writing.” Travel Pod. Sep. 21 2011. < http://images.travelpod.co.uk/users/rstout/1.1267199657.greek-writing.jpg>.

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The Greeks thought that gods and goddesses controlled everything in their life. They believed in making the gods happy at all times.



Picture: “Greek gods and goddesses.” Sep. 21 2011. < http://www.greek-islands.us/greek-gods/Olympians.jpg>.

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Technology

The Spartans made a lot of war clothes that they improved over many years. They made helmets and swords and many other types of protective gear.

Technology


Picture: “Sparta Warfare.” Sep. 21 2011. < http://www.harunyahya.com/images_books/images_fascism/22.jpg>.

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Map

Sparta was a Greek city-state. It was settled between the mountains in Greece.

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Picture: “The Cities of Ancient Greek Myth.” Sep. 21 2011. < http://bama.ua.edu/~ksummers/cl222/ancient_greece_map.jpg>.

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Mesopotamia

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Cities

This picture shows the major cities in Mesopotamia. Each city was ruled by a governor who was religiously tied to the city. These cities were often invaded by each other, but also banded together to protect each other from outside cities.

Cities

Summary: B, Jackie. “Mesopotamia.” Blogspot. N.d. Web. Sep. 18 2011.

Picture: “Mesopotamia.” Blogspot. Sep. 18 2011. <Pastworlghistory.blogspot.com/plegypt.htm>.

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Specialization

Kings were the most powerful people in thee cities. They controlled the city and its people. They made the laws. King Hammurabi made the first that helped define social classes, and what was right and wrong.

Specialization

Summary: “Specialization of Labour in Mesopotamia.” Period 40910. n.d. Web. Sep. 13 2011.

Picture: “Mesopotamia and Technology.” Brown, Harley. 2006. Sep. 13 2011. <ncls.k12.us/olhrhi/brown/mesopotamia/meso.htm>.

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Record Keeping

The Kish tablet, found in 3500 B.C. is the oldest form of writing found. This famous tablet was discovered in Mesopotamia.

Record Keeping

Summary: “History of Writing.” Save your Heritage. N.d. Web. Sep. 13 2011.

Picture: Save your Heritage. Sep. 13 2011. <www.saveyourheritage.com/history_of_writing.htm>.

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Ziggurats are massive pyramid like structures with a temple at the top made up of only mud bricks. The average height is 70 feet and they are 4,000 years old.


Summary: Ojibwa. “Ancient Mesopotamia: The Ziggurat.” Street Prophets. Jan. 7 2011. Web. Sep. 13 2011.

Picture: Ziggurat of Ur. Harold, Louis. 2006. Sep. 13 2011. <www.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/projects/classof2008/chong2/harold/zigguratofur.htm>.

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Technology

Mesopotamian people would carve a scene in stone and roll the stone across wet clay. When the clay backed the seal was used for identification. These are called cylinder seals.

Technology

Summary: Brown, Harley. “Mesopotamia and Technology.” Mesopotamia. N.d. Web. Sep. 13 2011.

Picture: “Mesopotamia and Technology.” Brown, Harley. 2006. Sep. 18 2011. <ncls.k12.us/oljrhi/brown/mesopotamia/meso.htm>.

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Map

Mesopotamia means land between two rivers. The rivers helped benefit the people in many ways. They used the rivers for fertile soil and irrigation.

Map

Summary: “Map of Ancient Mesopotamia.” Israel-a-history-of. N.d. Web. Sep. 13 2011.

Picture: Israel-a-history-of. Map of Ancient Mesopotamia. Sep. 13 2011. <www.israel-a-history-of.com/map-of-ancient-mesopotamia.html>.

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Egypt

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Life in ancient Egypt was centered largely on agriculture. Farmers in ancient Egypt worked to reach a level of subsistence so that they could feed themselves and pay their taxes.

Cities


Picture: “Egyptian Farming Pictures.” History Link 101. Oct. 11 2011. <http://historylink101.net/images/farming-egypt-3.jpg>.

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Specialization

The Egyptians specialized in the mummification process. They would preserve the bodies. They would also bury the bodies with many items needed in the after-life.

Specialization


Picture: “Egyptian Mummies.” Ancient Egypt. Oct. 11 2011. <http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/mummies.htm>.

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Record Keeping

Egyptians came up with hieroglyphics. They used this for their writing style. Egyptians used this to keep up with many things of their daily life.

Record Keeping


Picture: “Ancient Egyptian Writing and Hieroglyphs.” Oct. 11 2011. <http://www.crystalinks.com/hieroglyphs3.jpg>.

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Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses. They did their best to please every god so they wouldn’t be punished in any way.



Picture: “Egyptian gods.” Oct. 11 2011. <http://ewansegyptwebsite.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/relief-anubis.jpg>.

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Technology

The Egyptians came up with many things used in their daily lives. They built pyramids and came up with the mummification process used when someone dies. It provides many things used in the after-life.

Technology


Picture: “Art and Technology of Ancient Egypt.” Lafayette. Oct. 11 2011. <http://www.lafayette.edu/about/files/2010/10/pyramid3.jpg>.

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Map

The Nile River provides water to irrigate the farms. It is also used for transportation. Without the Nile River Egypt would be a desert.

Map


Picture: “Ancient Egypt.” Oct. 11 2011. <http://6cancientegypt1.pbworks.com/f/ancient_egypt_EN_1.gif>.

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Indus River Valley

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In the Indus River Valley Civilization, people believe their world is run by gods and goddesses. Terracotta seals were discovered by archaeologists. These stones or seals were enshrined and worshipped by the people.


Summary: Alison. “Indus River Valley Economy.” The Indus and Huang River Valleys. N.d. Web. Sep. 13 2011.

Picture: “Indus River Valley.” Sep. 18 2011. <http://www.crystalinks.com/induscivilization.html >.

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Technology

The Indus River Valley Civilization has the most sophisticated systems in the world. These sophisticated systems are the drainage systems and water storage systems. These systems help them water their crops and animals.

Technology

Summary: “Indus Valley.” Indus Valley. n.d. Web. Sep. 13 2011.

Picture: “Indus Valley.” Sep. 18 2011. <http://www.fullissue.com/index.php/history-of-writing.html>.

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Map

The Indus Valley was located by the Indus River and was very important to their daily life. It provided fertile land.

The Deccan Plateau protected the Indus people fro foreign invaders.

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Picture: “Indus Valley.” Sep. 18 2011. <http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/images/history_jewelry_indus_valley_map.jpg>.

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Record Keeping

The people of the Indus Valley developed a writing system used for several hundred years, however no one could decipher it, so the language is still unknown.

Record Keeping


Picture: “Indus Valley.” Sep. 18 2011. <http://www.fullissue.com/index.php/history-of-writing.html>.

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Specialization

People began to specialize into craft workers. They made fish hooks, razors, statues, cooking pots, and clothes. They developed many skills in pottery and painting.

Specialization

Summary: Zach. “Indus River Valley Economy.” The Indus and Huang River Valleys. N.d. Web. Sep. 13 2011.

Picture: “Indus River Valley.” Sep. 18 2011. <http://www.crystalinks.com/induscivilization.html >.

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Cities

A vast number of settlements were built out of bricks and stones on the banks and surrounding areas. The cities were well organized and had the drainage systems and water systems flowing through the cities.

Cities


Picture: “Indus Valley.” Sep. 18 2011. <http://www.crystalinks.com/induscivilization.html >.

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Chinese River

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The first cities were scattered islands in a sea of older, most of the cities included empires meaning they were controlled by one ruler, but having an empire also had benefits. It helped end war between neighboring communities and created common bonds among people.

Cities


Picture: “Ancient China.” Blogspot. Oct. 11 2011. <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8S7b5DFCpPU/TUWcLCwt43I/AAAAAAAABaw/WAeypabQxwA/s400/01sun22.jpg>.

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Specialization

The Huang-He people determined their jobs on social class and last names. Their jobs included working in the fields, farm workers, protectors, advisors, ministers and

craftsmen.

Specialization


Picture: “Imagine FX.” Oct. 11 2011. <http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/storage/7/315966/Ancient-China-BG3.jpg>.

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Record Keeping

The Huang-He people kept their records by using pictograms, meaning simply drawings that looked like objects they represented, they later started adding symbols. They might stand for sounds or words or for ideas that could not be expressed easily in pictures.

Record Keeping


Picture: “Chinese Writing.” Oct. 11 2011. <http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/literature/cuneiform.jpg>.

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For the Huang He River Valley people the common religions practiced, were Taoism. This sign represented the opposites in life.



Picture: “Huang-He River Valley.” Oct. 11 2011. < http://civilization.yolasite.com/huang-he.php>.

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Technology

The Han period was one of the golden ages of Chinese civilization. Han China made such tremendous advances in so many fields of science, medicine and technology. Acupuncture was a medical treatment that the Chinese explored.

Technology


Picture: “About Traditional Chinese Medicine.” Oct. 11 2011. < http://www.drhye.com/images/sexyman.jpg>.

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Map

The Chinese people used rivers in a main part of their daily lives. They used the rivers for fertile soil and many other things in their daily life.

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Picture: “China.” Oct. 11 2011. < http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/images/china-map.gif>.

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Milo Bios

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Bios

Cities

Milo Bios is one big city-state. There are mountains surrounding it and a river flowing through it that keeps the land fertile.

Cities

Picture: “Ten of China’s most stunning.” Oct. 10 2011. <http://topren.net/travel/sights/top/jiahgwan.htm>.

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Map

Milo Bios’ geography is very good. It has mountains for protection, rivers to keep the soil fertile, and a coastline for trade.

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Record Keeping

We invented cursive and use this to keep records of the people in our city. We also keep records of the weather, climate, and time changes.

Record Keeping

Picture: “Web weather for kids.” Oct. 10 2011. <http://topren.net/travel/sights/top/jiahguan.htm>

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Technology

We invented cursive, and discovered how to make paper. We also invented computers and decided to name the brand, Apple. After that, we made a cursive font on our computers so you can use our cursive and computers together.

Technology

Picture: “Apple Products.” Oct 10 2011. <http://picspousay.blogspot.com/2010/odappleproducts.html>.

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Specialization

We invented cursive, and discovered how to make paper.

Specialization

Picture: “Cursive: Where is it headed?” oct. 10 2011. <http://fremdamericanstudies.ning.com/profiles/blog/shon?id=3153356%3ABlogPost%3A27306&comnentid=3153356%3Acommetn%3a31392&xg_source=activity>.

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Complex Organization

Every Citizen of Milo Bios believes in God, and that his son, Jesus Christ died for us.


Picture: “Jesus Christ.” Oct. 10 2011. <http://trendingrooms.com/2011/06/jesus-Christveils-help-to-mourn-crucifixion-of-jesus/>.

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