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The five themes of ancient civilizations By:Maiyan Montgomery Sumer / Mesopotamia Location The absolute location of their capital of ur was 31˚N and 48˚E It was between the Tigris and Euphrates river because of this it was given the name the land between to rivers Human environment interaction For this very old civilization the physical characteristics are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers The growing seasons for Sumer / Mesopotamia where the growing season and planting season and the seasons where very hot As a result of this extreme hotness they whore lots of clothing that was very light. Economics / Movement The goods and products where all produced by hand A big good that as produced was corn and another was grain The goods where exchanged by boat and by cart They did not use money they had just used trading Political Science / Government They where governed by military leaders There leaders where only temporary leader during times of war until the fighting stopped then they had became king Their leaders where the military chiefs during the time of war They did have laws however they followed the laws of Hammarabies code Knowledge, Education and The Arts We know early on they used pictures to communicate for trade but later on they started to use cuneiform What we could learn from there printing, sculptures ect… is how they where compared to other civilizations Religion and Philosophy They had believed that there was a god for pretty much everything They also thought if they would bring offerings to these certain “gods” it will keep away bad things such as illnesses They would also pray and attend religious ceremonies a lot Sociology They almost always lived in families but when the kids got older they would have to take care of their parents and still listen to them as well They would have slaves and if you where a slave it would be very hard to get out of slavery Many times there where divisions between social classes the lowest class (slaves) would probably interact with people around their class such as farmers Their daily live included mostly working and worshiping their gods Ancient Egypt Location Their capital Cairo was 30˙E and 30˙N Upper Egypt was just north of Nubia and also upper Egypt was right next to the Arabian desert Region/ Human Environment Interaction The physical characteristics for Ancient Egypt was it was mostly all desert but they also had the Nile cataracts and oasis's The biggest natural resources was the Nile During the growing season the Nile was at high tide and as always it is very hot To adapt to this hot climate they would wear many layers of light clothing Economics/ Movement Their goods where hand made The goods that where produced where gold and also cotton In Ancient Egypt they did not use money they had only used trade They where transported by he Nile which means they where often transported by boat Political Science/ Government They where governed by the pharaohs in Ancient Egypt Their leaders are of course the pharaohs and officials The pharaohs where selected by royal blood only In Ancient Egypt there where also laws Knowledge Education and the Arts They had a writing system all their own call hieroglyphs From their music arts printing ect… we can learn about their culture and their jobs and many other things Religion and Philosophy They had believed that their was more than one god and their was a god for almost everything They would believe that if you did good deeds on earth when you would die your heart will be as light as a feather and you will go to back to earth and live in the after life forever but if you did bad things then your heart would be heavier than a feather and you would go to the underworld This affected their daily life very much because as a result everything they did involved there gods Sociology In Egypt they did often live in family's There where also slaves that the family’s had owned There are divisions between social classes and as well Their daily lives mostly consisted of working and worshiping their gods Israelites Location The absolute location for their capital Jerusalem is 32˙N and 35˙E It borders the Mediterranean sea Inside it it holds the Dead Sea Region / Human Environment Interaction The characteristics for the Israelites where where fertile plains, grassy slopes, rock hills and desserts The natural resources where the Jordan river and the Dead Sea Their growing seasons where very hot They wore many layers of light clothing Economics / Movement They mostly traded for their things besides farming so by hand The goods they produced where goats sheep and cattle They had lived in a trading place so they did not have to transport their goods They did not use money they only used trading They where transported by foot Political / Government They where governed by kings and the ten commandments Their leader where their kings and Moses They selected kings by bloodline The laws they had where the ten commandments Knowledge, Education and the Arts From them we get monotheism What we can learn from their printing ect… is about their religion Religion and Philosophy They believed in one all powerful god They believed in the ten commandments Their belief made them travel a lot Sociology They lived in families They did not have slaves Yes their where divisions between their classes Their daily lives consisted mostly of worshiping god THE END
