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=__Assignment 10__= Now that we are finished our unit about ancient India, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned. Please answer clearly and with details. Each answer must be at least two sentences. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.

1. The single most important thing I learned was... The single most important thing that I learned was that the Indian empires created so many things that we still use today. They created the counting system of Hindu-Arabic numerals and also practiced inoculation. They also used metallurgy and knew how to make alloys. 2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was... Something that confused me was or that I didn't understand was how Indian astronomers found out so many facts without a telescope. They knew the Earth was a sphere but how did they find that out just by observing the sky. 3. What surprised me the most was... What surprised me the most was how similar life in Mohenjo Daro was to our life now. They had a plumbing system and wells to collect drinking water. 4. I would like to know more about... I would like to know more about why the Thar Desert started spreading and dried up the Sarasvati river. It couldn't have just started one day started moving out. 5. The part that I think I will always remember was... The part that I think I will always remember is how Jason got all 1s on his sage cards. He just read the words off the paper and made a big mess when he came to the timeline and scribble map assignment. Website: [|India-Government]
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Use the website above to answer these questions.

1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city? A central government would help because to make a city, someone would have to be in charge to tell everyone what their part or their division is. 2. Who were Rajahs? Rajahs were the rulers of the cities. 3. What is a Guru? A Guru was a type of teacher. 4. What subjects were taught in school? The subjects were mainly religious related. 5. Who was in charge of the government? The Indus priests. 6. Why did people look up to the priests? People looked up to priests because they were the highest social level and they were the ones who made offerings to gods. 7. Look up the word 'sage' in any dictionary. What does it mean and what word from questions 1-6 is it similar to? It means a wise person or a person famous for wisdom. It is similar to the word priest. **Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.** 1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation? I was in the brahmin varna. 2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why? My favorite part was that I was at the top of the society so I was powerful. 3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why? I didn't really get angry, upset or frustrated because I didn't have to do anything except collect tribute and watch the other social levels' jobs. 4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not? This system is not fair because there shouldn't be just one or two people commanding everything because everyone has their own free will. 5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not? It wouldn't be a good idea because no one should be able to completely control other people just because they have a higher class. Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions __clearly__ and __completely__ on your wiki page. **Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.**
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 * Source:** [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://kis6ss.wikispaces.com/file/view/Archeologists+Ideas+Mohenjo-Daro.pdf"]] [|Archeologists Ideas Mohenjo-Daro.pdf]

1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity? Daily life in Mohenjo-Daro would probably be similar to ours. Most of their systems are like what we use today so I can expect that life will also be similar. Their society might also have been as complex as ours. Their city was clean because they had a sewer system. They were religious because the Great Bath might have been used for religious ceremonies. 2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain. The water system shows that they a some sort of government the make sure all those pipes and drains work out. Also, it shows different social levels because the jewelry and statues found indicate most rich woman wore jewelry but the poor probably could not. The seals, statues, games and scales discovered suggested that the city had a highly developed culture. The Great Bath may have been used for religious ceremonies so they might have had a religious system. They had different jobs because there was the sewer system and farmers so they both needed people. They had had a food supply because they traded grain. 3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city? Like modern cities, it had a central sewage system and there were also indoor bathrooms. The scales they used to buy things are similar to the electronic scales in today's stores. They also have a bunch of houses lining the streets. Mohenjo-Daro also had games for entertainment. 4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region? It's difficult because the artifacts found might not be all of it so something else might have affected the life we think they had. The archeologists don't fully understand seals found in the city. The artifacts also might not have the same meaning we think it is. 5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro? The evaporation of the Sarasvati river might have cause the civilization to die out. The civilization might have been attacked by another. There also could've been a natural disaster.

__** Website: [|Indus Valley] Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in **complete sentences** with **clear details** on your wiki page. 1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro? They found a mound named the Citadel with large and important buildings. They also discovered part of an area called Lower town with buildings that looked like it was built to a plan. A street called First street was also found and it was called First street because it was the longest and widest street.
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2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today? One way Mohenjo-Daro is similar to our cities is the way they make bricks by baking it in kilns because it is also similar to our ways. Also, most of their houses had drains to wash dirty water away just like ours. They had drains and some of them had covers like ones in our cities today. Some large drains were so big that people could walk in it. They needed it to be big so it could be unblocked just like how we do it today. They also had model carts that children played with like the model airplanes and cars children play with today.

3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro? Maybe the people in the city either knew where to get gold or traded with another nation to get materials to make items like necklaces. There also must have been skilled carvers to make certain items. The people also must have known animals like elephants or tigers to make seals with their impressions. The Indus probably made small model carts so the children can play with them. Bullocks most likely pulled full size carts. We think the Indus used small weights to measure small amounts of gold or jewels and big weights for heavier goods like grain sacks.

4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum. In Mohenjo-Daro, people lived in brick houses stacked on top of each other. They put waste water into drains and solid waste into brick squares. They used weights like the ones in the museum to make sure trades were fair and used carts carried by bullocks to carry heavy items like copper. There is a model cart that was found and put into the museum. They also put writing on their animal seals like the elephant seal in the museum. The rich people wore expensive necklaces like the one displayed in the jewelry room.

5. What do we know about the Priest-King? It is a statue of a ruler that might have been and important person or priest. He has a gold headband that look like ones that were found in Mohenjo-Daro. His eyes are cut deep into the stone and some archeologists think that shells were pressed into it. He is wearing a cloak with a three-leaf design. The back of the head is flat so some archeologists think that there was a hair carving or a headdress attached to it.

6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used? The Great Bath was a building that archeologists found but weren't completely sure what it was used for. The Great Bath might have been used for ceremonies by washing in the water.

**Source: [|IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpg]**
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 * Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:**

Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations. After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
 * I**n the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient **Sarasvati River**. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.

1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above? In my map, there are most of the physiographic features on both and they are both maps of ancient India.
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2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map? I can identify the Sarasvati river.

3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Saravati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details. I think the settlements developed there because the silt from the mountains made fertile land and the weather should have been good because it was between a hot place and a cold place. Also, the rivers were close to the Hindu Kush mountains so trading would have been easy through the Khyber Pass. They could also sail boats along the river to other nations.

4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.

5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River? Eventually, the Sarasvati river dried up and the fertile land became dry so the people moved to the also fertile lands of the Ganga.

=**Ancient Egypt**= =__Assignment 7__= Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE) Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook. Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...**
 * __Part 1__
 * Pyramids (definition, examples, construction details)
 * Workers
 * Importance of the pyramids

** The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE-2200 BCE): ** Pharaohs had absolute power and were considered gods on earth. But that's not why this kingdom is nicknamed "The Pyramid Age". Pharaohs were buried in pyramids //**only**// during this time period in history. After building a few pyramids, at great expense to the state, it occurred to pharaohs that pyramids were rather easy to spot, and thus, much easier to rob than a hidden tomb. Things changed during the middle kingdom.

Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook. Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...**
 * __Part 2__**
 * The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
 * the difference with the Old Kingdom
 * what life was like during this time
 * wars or battles and who was involved
 * The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE-1800 BCE): ** The middle kingdom was Egypt's Golden Age. Trade flourished, arts and literature flourished. Egypt built strong armies to defend herself against her neighbors. During the time period of the middle kingdom, pharaohs were expected to be good kings and wise rulers. And pharaohs were buried in hidden tombs, all over the place. Most probably, there are tombs yet to be discovered because they were hidden so well.
 * The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE-1800 BCE): ** The middle kingdom was Egypt's Golden Age. Trade flourished, arts and literature flourished. Egypt built strong armies to defend herself against her neighbors. During the time period of the middle kingdom, pharaohs were expected to be good kings and wise rulers. And pharaohs were buried in hidden tombs, all over the place. Most probably, there are tombs yet to be discovered because they were hidden so well.

__**Part 3**__ Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...** 1560: Egypt was divided. Hyksos controlled Nile delta. Nubians controlled south part. Egyptians hated foreigners. Didn't want them in their land.
 * The New Kingdom (1570 BCE - 1070 BCE) **
 * Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 102-103 in our textbook.
 * what new territories were conquered
 * names of pharaoh's involved in expansion
 * wars or battles and who was involved
 * trading (who and what)

** The New Kingdom (1500 BCE-1000 BCE): ** The new kingdom was Egypt's expansion period. Egypt expanded her borders through military conquest and became a world power. Some of the land they conquered were The kingdom of Kush, the homeland of the Hyksos, and Siria. People called Tehenu attacked the Nile delta but were defeated. When the Egyptians made trade routes, they trade for things like gold and timber at cities such as Sawu or Kyrene. During the time period of the new kingdom, pharaohs such as Ramses the Great and Hatshepsut were all powerful, and they were all buried in the same geographic area called the Valley of the Kings. Ramses the great fought off the Hitittites. The sea people tried to take Egypt and they were driven off but it took around 50 years to drive them off.

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 * Part 1:** Go to this [|site] and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses . Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess . Then choose one that you would __**not**__ want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are **middle school quality explanations**

If I had to choose one god, I would most want to be Ra, the sun god. I want to be him because he is very important and also has a lot of power and strength. Lots of people worship him and he has the power of the blazing sun. Also, I would always be reborn in the morning.

A god I wouldn't want to be is Seth, the god of chaos. I wouldn't want to be him because he is infamous for killing Osiris. Also, he represents everything that threatens Egypt and I wouldn't want to destroy Egypt.

1. I think that it would be fair to serve the pharaoh but I think building an entire pyramid would be too much and it would be better to just make a special underground tomb. 2. Historians called its rule the old kingdom. It started in 2700 B.C. and ended 2500 B.C. 3. The Egyptians believed that Egypt was under the control of the pharaoh. They also believed that the pharaoh was a god sent to manage Egypt. 4. Some responsibilities of the pharaoh was they were blamed for bad crops or sicknesses. The Egyptians also expected him to keep wars from going on. 5. Khufu was best known for the monuments built in dedication to him. A monument built for him was The Great Pyramid. 6.a The pharaoh was the highest rank and was responsible for what happened. The upper class were nobles and they helped run temples. The middle class were scribes and less important officials and they produced goods. The low class were farmers and slaves that did the building and hard work. 6.b An advantage would be that there would be lots of people to work on massive projects. A disadvantage could be there isn't a lot of money so most people couldn't buy or trade. 6.c During flood season, farmers usually work on the pharaoh's build project. 7. Egypt traded with Nubia for gold, copper, ivory, slaves, and building stones. They also traded with Syria to get wood and fire. 8. Acquire means to get or obtain. Example = I set out on a journey to acquire the key. 9. A vizier would go into the "nobles" group.
 * Assignment 2**