ACTIVITY FOR MODULE 3

NAME: ALEJANDRO, Clarissa May C. DATE: 10/15/22

SECTION: 12- STEM 2 (P) ACTIVITY CODE: MODULE 3

INSTRUCTIONS: Module 3 talks about the different cradles of civilization and their different features. For the
next activity, using the different cradles of civilization in this module, list down/enumerate or
give ONE specific example of its unique feature and briefly describes it in 2-3 sentences using the tables below.
You can use YouTube and other educational sites as references for your activity

MESOPOTAMIA
CITY WRITING SPECIALIZATION GOVERNMENT RELIGION
Monarchy

Pottery The king ruled

Babylon
through a number
Craftsman of officials who
Babylon was a Cuneiform
specialization include were directly Polytheistic
minor city-state
stone cutters, metal under and
in central Their symbols were
smiths, fisherman, responsible to him Babylonia mainly focused
Mesopotamia written on wet clay
weavers, sailors, but he could on the god Marduk, who is
for a century tablets which were baked
bricklayers, farmers, intervene the national god of the
after it was in the hot sun. It was the
shepherds and personally at any Babylonian empire.
founded in 1894 use of a stylus on a clay
leather-workers. level of However, there were also
BCE. Things medium that led to the
They invented the government and other gods that were
changed with use of cuneiform
wheel to make their administration. worshipped. These are the
the reign of symbols since curved
chariots and carts Babylon was a seven deities: Enlil.
Hammurabi, lines could not be drawn.
more mobile and to strong empire,
from 1792 to
expand their ability because it had a
1750 BCE.
to make pottery. simple yet
effective
government.

EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION
SPECIALIZATIO GOVERNMEN
CITY WRITING RELIGION
N T
Memphis Hieroglyphic Quarrying, Theocratic Polytheistic
surveying, and Monarchy
Memphis was one of It is a system that employs construction The belief in
the oldest and most characters in the form of techniques. The king ruled many gods. They
important cities in pictures. The Egyptians first by a mandate worshipped gods
ancient Egypt. It is used hieroglyphs exclusively for Supported building from the gods, of nature and
located at the inscriptions carved or painted on of monumental initially was seen gods of the
entrance to temple walls. pyramids, temples, as an afterlife. Many of
the Nile River and obelisks; a intermediary these gods
Valley near system of between human combined human
the Giza plateau. mathematics, a beings and the and animal forms
practical and divine, and was together. The
 effective system of Egyptians
supposed to
medicine, irrigation believed these
represent the
systems, and gods shared
gods' will
agricultural qualities of these
through the laws
production animals, such as
passed and
techniques, the first their strength,
policies
known planked speed, or bad
approved.
boats. temple.

ANCIENT CHINA CIVILIZATION

CITY WRITING SPECIALIZATION GOVERNMENT RELIGION
Monarchy

The emperor or
king was the
Beijing Confucianism, Taoism, and
supreme power of
Buddhism were the three
Jiaguwen "Four Great authority and had
Beijing is one of main philosophies and
Inventions" an absolute and
the four ancient religions of ancient China,
Ancient Chinese unchallenged
cities of China. which have individually and
writing on oracle Papermaking, position in the
The best collectively influenced
bones. According gunpowder, the country. An
preserved, and ancient and modern Chinese
to Ancient compass and printing. autocratic and
famous around society. The Three
Scripts, which Ancient Chinese despotic monarchy
the world. The Teachings Taoism,
describes the civilization made great ruled China was
city is also Buddhism and Confucianism
characters as achievements in science several years where
known as a have been a backbone of
pictographic. and technology. several dynasties
cradle of Chinese society and culture
who were
humanity. since the bronze age.
sovereigns of
Imperial China
formed the
government.

ANCIENT INDIA CIVILIZATION

CITY WRITING SPECIALIZATION GOVERNMENT RELIGION
Indus Script Trading and Farming Monarchy
Varanasi
Hinduism
The writing They cleared new land The chief head of
The oldest
system developed for cultivation where the three
continually Important Hindu gods are
by the Indus they produced wheat, departments was
inhabited city in Brahma–the Creator;
Valley barley, and rice. They the King. Effective
India, Varanasi Vishnu– the Preserver; and
Civilization and it also produced other judiciary made sure
has been a center Shiva–the Destroyer. Avatar
is the earliest products like cotton and that crime was
of religious and –representation of a Hindu
form of writing oil seeds. Irrigation under control and
cultural activity god or goddess in human or
known in the facilities were the offenders got
since the Bronze animal form.
Indian developed with wells the apt punishments
Age Collapse.
subcontinent. and canals for their crimes.
 ROMAN EMPIRE (CIVILIZATION)
CITY WRITING SPECIALIZATION GOVERNMENT RELIGION
Autocracy

Rome Latin Script Their government

Building roads and
was made up of a
ships, fishing, and
It is thought that The Romans used single person. In Polytheistic
trading
the city-state of a variety of tools Rome, this person
Rome was for writing. was the emperor. People recognized and
Ships and roads were
initially formed Everyday writing The Senate, which worshiped multiple gods and
Rome’s capital
by Latium could be done on was the dominant goddesses. Despite the
resources. People were
villagers joining wax tablets or thin political power in presence of monotheistic
producers. They
together with leaves of wood. the Roman religions within the empire,
farmed, built roads and
settlers from the Documents, like Republic, was kept such as Judaism and early
ships, fished, made
surrounding hills legal contracts, but the senate Christianity, Romans
pottery and sculptures.
in response to an were usually lacked real political honored multiple deities.
They also traded to
Etruscan written in pen and power, and so made
make a living.
invasion. ink on papyrus. few real
governmental
decisions.

CIVILIZATION OF THE GREEKS (GREECE EMPIRE)

CITY WRITING SPECIALIZATION GOVERNMENT RELIGION
Athens
Literature and
Democracy
theatre
Athens is the
Greek alphabet
capital of Athens is known to
An important aspect of Christianity, in particular
Greece. It was be the birthplace of
The Greek culture and the Greek Orthodox
also at the heart democracy and the
writing system influenced modern Church which is within the
of Ancient idea that all citizens
that was drama. The Greeks larger communion of the
Greece, a should have a voice
developed in were known for their Eastern Orthodox Church. It
powerful in governing their
Greece about sophisticated sculpture represented 90% of the total
civilization and society. In Athens,
1000 bce. It is the and architecture. Greek population in 2015 and is
empire. Athens all adult citizens
direct or indirect culture influenced the constitutionally recognized
dominates and is were required to
ancestor of all Roman Empire and as the "prevailing religion"
the capital of take an active part
modern European many other of Greece.
the Attica in the government.
alphabets. civilizations, and it
region and is one
continues to influence
of the world's
modern culture.
oldest cities.