Samantha T. Carbon

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• Samantha T. Carbon

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Location

• Sumer/Mesopotamia- Ur 31ºN 48ºE
• Ancient Egypt - Cairo 30ºN 30ºE
• Israelites - Jerusalem 32ºN 35ºE

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Region/Human Environment Interaction Sumer/
Mesopotamia-

• The physical characteristics of Sumer is the
  Tigris and Euphrates river, Persian gulf, and the
  Mountains in the north.

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Economics/Movement Sumer / Mesopotamia

• Goods were produced by farming. The goods were
  exchanged or traded was by boat or carts. The
  goods were transported by chariots.

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Political Science/Government Sumer/ Mesopotamia

• The people were ruled by groups of male
  citizens.each city state was ruled by a king who
  chose the next ruler. The king ran the city for
  his god.

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Knowledge, Education, and the Arts Sumer/
Mesopotamia

• Sumerians were the first people to develop a
  written language, at first they used pictures to
  write. They wrote on a clay tablet and they wrote
  with a stick

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Religion and Philosophy Sumer/ Mesopotamia

• The Priest were the link between the gods and the
  people.
• Their beliefs affect their lives and development
  of their culture because they worshipped there
  gods in public temples and also smaller shrines
  in their own homes.

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Sociology Sumer/ Mesopotamia

• The people did live in groups in small little mud
  homes. There were some slaves sometimes because
  they were prisoners or they were captured in war.
  The daily life of a woman is to take care of the
  home and raise the children . Some women did run
  businesses. The girls didnt go to school

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Region/Human Environment Interaction/ Ancient
Egypt

• Ancient Egypt is dry, very sunny, desert, and hot
  temperatures.They use irragation to grow there
  crops and when the high Nile came it when feed
  the plant water for 3 months or 4 months

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Econonics / Movement Ancient Egypt

• The goods are produced by fertile soil, warm
  weather, and irrigation. The goods that were
  produced were corn, papyrus and wheat. The goods
  were exchanged by shipping the goods by boat.
  They traded by using a shop or by boat.

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Political Science/Government Ancient Egypt

• The people are governed by the king or as called
  the pharaohs. The leaders are the pharaohs. The
  leaders are selected by the dynasty from pharaoh
  to pharaoh. Yes they do have laws to protect
  there city.

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Knowledge, Education, and the Arts Ancient Egypt

• The knowledge was developed by this civilization
  was that they could read and write hieroglyphics.
  We can learn about there background, religion,
  and other things from there printing, sculptures,
  architecture, music, festivals, and writings.

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Religion and Philosophy Ancient Egypt

• The people believed in many gods. They believe
  that the meaning of life is very important to
  them. It affect there lifes and their
  developments of their culture because they
  believe that they could be peaceful and kind to
  everyone

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Sociology Ancient Egypt

• The people do live in groups in little towns.
  There are sometimes slaves because when they are
  in war they catch the opposing warriors. The rich
  in the pyramid is the pharaohs and the middle is
  the farmers and the bottom is the slaves. There
  daily life was to work and make money and also to
  obey the king.

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Region/ Human Environment Interaction Israelites

• The physical characteristics are the
  Mediterranean Sea, Dead Sea, and the Judah
  Desert. The natural resources are grains etc. and
  the climate was very hot and sometimes warm.

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Economics/ Movement Israelites

• The goods were produced by rain but they didnt
  have irrigation so that was kind of hard.the
  goods that are produced are grain,corn, and the
  meat is cow and goat. The goods were exchanged or
  traded was by walking to there neighbors or
  sometimes by boat. The goods are transported by
  boat.

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Political Science/ Government Israelites

• The people are governed by king and past down to
  his son. The leader is the king. The leaders are
  selected by dynasty. Yes they have laws like the
  Ten Commandments.

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Knowledge, Education, and the Art, Israelites

• The new knowledge that was developed was the
  writing and the arts. We can learn from them was
  the pieces of art and the torah.

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