Ancient+Civilizations

**//__Aztec __//** **//__Egypt __//** **//__Mayan __//** __//**Mesopotamia**//__ __//**Japan**//__
 * //__China __//**
 * Oldest surviving civilization
 * Chinas the biggest country in Asia
 * Rice was the first grain to be grown in china
 * they started drinking and getting tea
 * they grew their own fruits
 * Worshiped close to 1000 gods
 * cooking is rich and spicy
 * had a ripping out of the heart ceremony
 * men support family woman make cloths and raise children
 * disease killed them
 * wore light cloths
 * drank beer and wine
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">had up to 2000 god and goddesses
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">brain was first to be removed during mummification
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">had 700 different symbols for reading and writing
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">most important calendar is the long calendar
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">losers of ball game was sacrificed to the gods
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">came from central Africa then relocated to México
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">they disappeared and are still here today
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">they built flat surfaced pyramids
 * has kings/slaves
 * music was important
 * harp was common
 * leader of goverment was priest
 * had man hunts/ liked war and war like things//__﻿__//
 * potery helped developed the culture
 * cloths were organic
 * made axis, swords, sickles, and hoes
 * used iron tools for cultivation, leveling and flooding paddy fields
 * reached its peak in the early 5th century.