02.06 Ancient River Civilizations-Module Project// PLZZ INEED HELP AND DON'T COPY THE WORDS THAT I JUST DID JUST ANSWER EACH ONE BY ONE Assignment: Choose FOUR of the questions below. Using details from the chart and the information in the lessons, answer each question in three or more sentences. Be sure to answer the questions in your own words using complete sentences. 1. What is a Theocracy? Which civilizations were governed under this method?

2. Compare & contrast Ziggurats & Pyramids. What functions did they serve, which groups of people within the society built them; when were they built?

3. Select one written work from THREE of the ancient societies and summarize what they wrote about.

4. The Phoenicians gave two important contributions to the world. Describe these two things and explain their importance.

5. The Indus river valley had kiln-baked bricks, while the Mesopotamians sun baked their bricks. Which method was more effective, and why?

6. What do the terms polytheism and monotheism mean? In which civilizations were they practiced?

7. If you could go back in history, which of the five civilizations would you visit and why?

1. Theocracy, government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. ... Contemporary examples of theocracies include Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Vatican. See also church and state; sacred kingship.

2. The ziggurats and pyramids were made with similarities and differences. ... The ziggurats were very large structures with a flattened top. The pyramids were slanted faces meeting at the top to create a point. They were also both used in some way to connect with the gods.

3. During the Hellenistic period Greek cultural influence and power reached the peak of its geographical expansion, being dominant in the Mediterranean World and most of West and Central Asia, even in parts of the Indian subcontinent, experiencing prosperity and progress in the arts, exploration, literature, theatre,ect.

4. Herodotus wrote that Phoenicia was the birthplace of the alphabet, stating that it was brought to Greece by the Phoenician “Kadmus” circa the 8th century BCE. It is suggested that the Greeks had no alphabet before that happening. The Phoenician alphabet is the basis for most western languages written today. Something interesting to mention is that their city of Gebal reffered by the Greeks as 'Byblos gave the Bible its name. Gebal was the greatest exporter of papyrus, which was the paper used in writing in ancient Egypt and Greece.

5. Its inhabitants learned that fired brick was more impervious to tidal waters. Each city in the region was surrounded by a brick wall, which helped control trade and flooding, according to Wikipedia. “The Harappans were great city planners. They based their city streets on a grid system.

6. The human mind has many attributes. To better relate to a deity, people personify it. To account for every part of their lives ancient peoples gave certain deities specific attributes. Gods of the underworld, for instance were often segregated based on their attributes, their powers over mortal lives. Then there were gods of protection, or prosperity of fertility, etc. Many ancient civilizations were polytheistic because they attributed specific attributes to each deity.

7. At least five distinct times in world history, human beings created a unique writing system that allowed them to organize their thoughts and record and transmit information like never before: the Egyptians, Mesopotamians, Chinese, People of the Indus Valley, and the Maya.

Explanation:

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i believe the answer would be 1.