ancient civilizations (marcus & noah)
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Social Studies Research ProjectNoah Yang and Marcus Stephens
Mrs.Lemon’s Class 2014
Leaders/Leadership, Architecture/Art, and Advanced Technology inAncient Greece, China, and Egypt
Table o’ Contents-1. Ancient Greek Leaders-2. Ancient Greek Architecture/Art-3. Ancient Greek Advanced Technology-4. Ancient Chinese Leaders-5. Ancient Chinese Architecture/Art-6. Ancient Chinese Advanced Technology-7. Ancient Egyptian Leaders-8. Ancient Egyptian Architecture/Art-9. Ancient Egyptian Advanced Technology-10. Bibliography
Ancient Greek Art/Architecture
Architecture-Columns,
Doric-plain, used in Mainland GreeceIonic-thinner than Doric, capital(the top) decorated
with a scroll(volute),eastern GreeceCorinthian-capital decorated with leaves, often seen
on Roman temples and Greece
-Parthenon- built 447 B.C. and finished in 432 B.C. in Acropolis. Greatest temple of the Doric
order, 50 columns total. Elaborately decorated, and statues that show scenes from Athena’s life.
Art-Sculpting
Created statues for freedom, and influenced art all the way to Japan. Mostly sculpted human bodies.
An example of Greek sculpting, is Discobolos (discuss-thrower)which shows a 3 dimensional picture
of a guy throwing a discuss.
-Painting The ancient Greeks paint on vases.
Mostly pictures of designs and animals. They drew the designs in geometrical styles.
Ancient Greek Leaders
Leaders-Alexander the Great-never lost to a battle, great military leader, and
expanded Greek territories
-Cleisthenes- helped reform constitution, called Father of Athenian Democracy
-Demosthenes- statesman, greatest speech giver of Greece
-Pericles- statesman during Golden Age, led building projects that stand today
Ancient GreekAdvanced Technology
Chariots- a horse drawn vehicle, with two wheels. They used the chariots to battle in the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. They also used them for entertainment at the Circus
Maximus for races.The Greeks used the Chariots in the Battle of Kadesh.
Olympics- Invented the Olympics to honor the gods, took place in Olympia, and took five days.
First day, festival of athletics and wrestling.Second day, foot races in stadiums and basically all running.
Other days, wrestling, boxing, and pancratium, a mix of both, and horse racing
Ancient Chinese Leaders
Leaders-Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of Ancient China. He conquered all warring states and united into one kingdom at 221
B.C.-Xiang Yu , was a major military leader and
political figure. He was granted the title “Duke of Lu” in 208 B.C.
Ancient ChineseArchitecture/Art
ArchitectureThe architecture ancient
Chinese use, is mostly timberwork. They use wood to make a framework for a house. The ancient Chinese built the
Great Wall of China to protect and defend against the northern tribes. It’s over
5000 miles long.
Art
The Ancient Chinese used many different styles of Art like
Caligraphy, Painting, Porcelain, Silk, Liquer, and Poetry. The three perfections are Poetry,
Caligraphy, and Painting.-Poetry is a type of writing that
educated people are supposed to learn.
- Caligraphy is a type of hand writing that ancient Chinese
consider important to art-Painting was inspired by poetry and caligraphy. The paintings in China usually have pictures of
nature.
Ancient ChineseAdvanced Technology
Weapons- The Chinese made weapons out of Iron. To cast the iron, they put the iron into the furnace and heat it up to high temperatures, which smelted the iron. They bang it in place to create a weapon, and then put in water. The weapon is made.
Paper- Paper was made out of fiber collected by pounding linen cloth. Paper in China was first actually used for clothing. Beleive it or not, but it was also used for soldiers' armor.
Ancient EgyptianLeaders
Leaders
-Akhenaten, famous for saying about only one God, ruled with his wife, King Tut's father
-Tutankhamun- called King Tut, famous because today his tomb remains intact with treasures, became Pharaoh at 9
-Hatshepsut, lady Pharaoh, wore men's Pharaoh clothing including beard, greatest woman Pharaoh
-Ramses II, ruled Egypt for 67 years, built more structures than any other Pharaoh
Ancient EgyptianArchitecture/Art
Art
Sculpting- The Egyptians sculpted The Great
Sphyinx of Giza and the Statues of Ramses II at the
Abu Symbel Temples.
Painting- They painted on tombs and walls. The
paintings show people in their afterlifes.
ArchitectureThe egyptians built temples
and tombs out of granite, limestone, and sandstone. The
temple of Karnak was made out of adobe brick at the very
top. The Pyramids- The
Egyptians that built the pyramids had to be very skilled. The Pyramids also had great
monuments for the kings/Pharaohs
Ancient EgyptianAdvanced Technologies
Hieroglyphics- The Egyptians used writing called hieroglyphics which dates back to 3000 B.C. It was one of the hardest and complicated form of writing which is composed of over 1000 symbols. The symbols are represented in sounds letters and words.
Papyrus-They were able to make sheets out of Papyrus to make paper that you can write on. Egyptians made the sheet a secret, so they could sell parchment to other civilizations.
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