Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Ancient Civilizations

What civilization did you explore? What did you learn or find interesting about that civilization? Include your name at the end of your comments.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

I explored the website on Mesopotamia. I learned that Mesopotamians used a form of writing called cuneiform.

Anonymous said...

I explored a Mayan site and learned that the only true writing system native to the Americans and were masters of mathematics and calendrics.

Anonymous said...

i went to a Mayan website and learned that the Maya developed astronomy, canlendrical systems, and hieroglyphic writing.

Anonymous said...

they played games

Anonymous said...

ty and garrett Julies celius wore a wreath to hide his baldness.

Anonymous said...

We explored Egypt, We found out that they put food in peoples graves so they could, eat the food in the next world. It was a date. A date is what they had for dessert. Also, a date is like a raisin, but bigger.

Anonymous said...

We discovered that Ancient Rome was situated on 7 hills. A cold meal was served for lunch, such as bread, salad, and olives. The Plebians wore tunics. The kitchen was a very small kitchen with a small counter and a woodburning stove.

Kimberly and Abby

Anonymous said...

there is an ancient river in briton

Anonymous said...

they lived by the ocean/sea

Anonymous said...

The pharoh was the most powerful man and king in his time of living. His people worshiped him and did what he wanted them to do. They even made sphinx for him to show that they worshiped him. The people built pyramid all over the land , and it took many people to just haul one big brick for the pyramid!!

Anonymous said...

Mrs. Wilts we had fun today from cally and brittany

Anonymous said...

We think that the people who lived who lived in rome are strange because
they beleive in many gods. also there art is wierd.

Anonymous said...

I am glad you had fun today ... Brittany and Cally

Mrs. Wilts :-)

Anonymous said...

I FOUND OUT

I GOT THIS FROM A PAGE

Like the Egyptians, the Mayas are well known for pyramids, which vary in shape depending on where they were built. The Maya occupied the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.

The civilization was formed as early as 1500 BC.

The Mayan religion centered around the worship of many nature gods. Their amazing architecture remain as great ruins at centers they used for religious ceremonies, including Palenque, Uxmal, Copán, Tikal and Chichén Itzá.

They developed astronomy, calendar systems and writing. They built observatories to watch stars. They were highly skilled as potters and weavers.

About AD 300 to 900 the major centers including Palenque, Tikal, and Copán were mysteriously abandoned. The reasons are still unknown. A few centers continued until the Spanish arrived in the 16th century. Danny im doing egypt

Anonymous said...

I explored the Egypt web pages I read
that they say that when someone dies they say that they try to bring them to life

Anonymous said...

i went to the Mayan site what i learned was that they are well known for the pyrmids that they made, and that they were called potters and weavers.

Anonymous said...

I went on Mayan site and I found out that they worshiped many gods

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