Museum Entrance River Valley Civilizations Classical
Civilizations Museum of Wisdom Curators Offices Swagtopia
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Room 1 Return to Entry River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamia
Egypt Chinese River Indus River Valley
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Room 4 Return to Entry Classical Civilizations Greece Rome
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Room 5 t Return to EntryEgypt
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The Egyptians used a form of record keeping known as
hieroglyphics, which were pictures that symbolized words or
phrases. They would carve hieroglyphics. Return to Exhibit
Hieroglyphics Information: Collins, Andrew. Egypts Lost Legacy and
the Genesis of Civilization. Bibliotecapleyades. 1998. web. 14
September, 2011. Picture: heiroglyphics in a tomb. n.d. Image.
WordPress. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Egyptians had two different types of clocks a water clock and a
sundial. Water clocks were stands with a pot on top, and at the
bottom. The pot at the top had a hole drilled in the side and was
filled with water, which would flow out. Depending on the water
level, the Egyptians new what time is was. Return to Exhibit Clocks
Information: Technology of Ancient Egypt. ThinkQuest. N.d. web. 14
September, 2011. Picture: Clocks. n.d. Image. ThinkQuest. Web. 14
September, 2011.
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Egyptians specialized in architecture, and would often put
sculptures of powerful gods and goddesses at the gateways and
entrances to their temples and cities to protect the citizens.
Return to Exhibit Architecture Information: Egyptian Architecture.
ThinkQuest. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture: Egyptian
Guardians. n.d. Image. ThinkQuest. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Egyptians would often build statues and pyramids in order
to worship their mass amount of gods and goddesses. The Egyptians
were polytheistic, and spent most of their free time in worship.
Return to Exhibit Statues Information: Egypts Lost Legacy and the
Genesis of Civilization. Bibliotecapleyades. 1998. web. 14
September, 2011. Picture: Anubis. n.d. Image. DonaldIsLost. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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When the Egyptians settled a town, they took two main
considerations into mind, which were how close they were to water,
and how elevated the land that they were settling on was. These
were extremely important because if they were too far from water,
they would die of dehydration, but if they were too close to water
and the land was not elevated enough, the town would most likely
end up being flooded when the Nile flooded. Return to Exhibit
Egyptian Cities Information: Ashcroft, Adam. The Ancient Egyptians.
AncientEgyptians. n.d. web. 10 October 2011. Picture: Cities n.d.
Image. Subcreator. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Egyptian Civilization was affected by geography in two
major ways. The Egyptians built their whole settlement along the
Nile River, which they used for water, trade, travel, and
irrigation. The Egyptians were also impacted in geography by the
fact that they were surrounded to the east and west by a desert,
which created a barrier of defence, but also limited expansion.
Return to Exhibit Egypt Information: How Did Geography Affect
Egypt. Slideshare. N.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture: Ancient
Egypt Map. n.d. Image. PowerUp. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Room 2 Return to EntrySwagtopia
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The followers of Swagginism must have their swag up at all
times. The only book they are allowed to read is the Book of Swagg.
The followers also must wear Name-Brand only. They do this to
respect the Swagg Gods. Return to Exhibit Swagginism Picture:
Butler, Micah. What Is Generation S.W.A.G.G? 21 May, 2010. Image.
PreacherBoy. Web. 5 October, 2011.
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The TFS-9273 was created out of pure titanium, and is used for
quite a few different purposes. The major uses are for air force,
faster travel, and space exploration. It is armed with four B-33
missiles incase of attacks from enemies. TFS stands for
Technological Flying Spacecraft. Return to Exhibit TFS-9273
Picture: New Technology. n.d. Image. Ultisky. Web. 10 October,
2011.
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Swaggtopias citizens record all of their records on videotapes
so that they can upload it to Swaggbook and view it from anything
that can connect to the internet. Return to Exhibit Videotaping
Picture: Videos. n.d. Image. Logos Database. Web. 4 October,
2011.
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Swaggtopia is known as the birthplace of Aeronautics.
Swaggtopians invented the first aircraft, building it out of pure
aluminum alloy. They also do not believe in ground- transportation,
due to the fact that theyve learned that it is more environmentally
and economically friendly by using air travel. Return to Exhibit
Aeronautics Picture: Aeronautics Logo. 1978. Image. Logos Database.
Web. 4 October, 2011.
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Most of Swagtopias cities have Flood Walls around them, due to
the fact that a large number of them are build on small islands.
The Flood Walls prevent the cities from being flooded, while still
allowing the citizens to obtain water. Return to Exhibit Flood
Walls Picture: Chaps, Jorge. LILYPAD. 20 July, 2008. Image.
Inhabitat. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Swaggtopia built its cities based around the rivers, land, and
where it would be easier to defend from foreign attackers. The
capital, Swagg City, was established near the center of the
civilization, but it was also near a large body of water, which
made this region an almost ideal place for the capital. Return to
Exhibit Swaggtopia Map Picture: Land Mass Outline. n.d. Image.
Fantasy Map Maker. Web. 4 October, 2011
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Room 5 Return to EntryRome
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While the Romans had Gods and Goddesses for nearly everything,
they did not have one central belief. Most of their religious acts
required sacrifice of either human or animal blood. Their religion
is similar to the Greek religion, but it is still pretty unique.
This artifact is a picture of Mars, Roman God of War. Return to
Exhibit Roman Religion Information: Romm Religion. Roman Empire.
n.d. web. 24 September, 2011. Picture: Ares. n.d. Image. Sodahead.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Romans kept their records by writing on parchment, papyrus, and
wax tablets. Modern English letters look very similar to Roman
letters, except backwards. Romans established this form of record
keeping around 700 B.C. At first, they couldnt decided whether they
wanted to write left-to-right, or right-to-left, but they
eventually decided left-to-right. Return to Exhibit Roman Records
Information: How the Romans Wrote. Moorstation. n.d. Web. 25
September, 2011. Picture: Rome Records. n.d. Image. Ancientweb.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Romans built their buildings out of plastar and stone
walls. The Roman Civilization thrived for quite some time, mostly
due to Julius Ceaser organizing the growth of it. The main city of
Rome was burned down and destroyed by a huge fire in 64 A.D., and
they had to rebuild it from scratch, but they still lost most of
their records and documents. Return to Exhibit Roman Cities
Information: Rome. MCE. n.d. web. 25 September, 2011. Picture: The
Forum Romanum. Curran, Leo. n.d. Image. MCE. Web. 10 October,
2011.
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The Romans specialized in art, which they began to really start
doing around 500 B.C. As the empire grew, so did the number of
artists that there were. Out of all of the influences that Roman
Art had, Christianity was the strongest apparent one there was,
which began to appear around 300 A.D. In 200 A.D., there was a
strong German influence, and the art began to show people suffering
by having their heads cut off, insides ripped out, and other sorts
of gruesome acts. Return to Exhibit Roman Art. Information: Roman
Art. ThinkQuest. n.d. web. 24 September, 2011. Picture: Rome
Sculpture. Greek Roman Art. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Romans invented the Hypocaust inorder to keep their homes
heated. They did this by elevating the floors and keeping a fire in
the furnace. This kept the air heated, and the warm air would move
through the house, heating the house. Return to Exhibit Hypocaust
Information: Bill, M.S. Hypocaust. About. n.d. web. 24 September,
2011. Picture: Roman Hypocausts. Hot Floors. n.d. web. 10 October,
2011.
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The Roman civilization was established in a location that
centered around trade and transportation. They also had a good
location for defense from foreign invaders. Rome was located on the
Tyrrhenian Sea, and on the Tibet River, which made it easy for them
to travel and trade. Return to Exhibit Rome Information: The Impact
of Geography on Ancient Rome. Flow of History. n.d. web. 24
September, 2011. Picture: Rome. n.d. Image. Verselink. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Room 5 Return to EntryGreece
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The Greeks kept their records by writing on clay tablets. Their
records would consist of art techniques, festival schedules, laws,
etc. Most historians believe that their form of record keeping is
closely related to that of the Ancient Macedonians. Return to
Exhibit Tablets Information: Joseph, Brian. Greek, Ancient. Ohio
State University. N.d. web. 26 September, 2011. Picture: Mundigler,
Christian. Old Record. n.d. Image. NY Times. Web. 10 October,
2011.
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Zeus, Roman God of the Sky, is one of the many gods and
goddesses that the Greeks worshipped. Their religion was very
similar to that of the Romans, but the gods and goddesses had
different names. Greeks also offered animals to the gods to show
their worship. Return to Exhibit Zeus Information: Joseph, Brian.
Greek, Ancient. Ohio State University. N.d. web. 26 September,
2011. Picture: Zeus. Designdazzling. N.d. web. 10 October,
2011.
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The Greeks were of the first to use metal armor in warfare.
Their warriors had helmets, armor, and weaponry usually made of
brass to use during times of war. This made them fearsome enemies
and scared off many would-be attackers. Return to Exhibit Sword
& Shield Information: Selected Greek Armor. Greek Warriors.
n.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture: Swords and Shield. n.d. Image.
Friend Of Mercy. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Greeks specialized in art. Ancient Greek Art consists
primarily of vases, statues, and architecture, which at the time
were a huge innovation in a variety of things. Greek art changed
multiple times throughout the years, but it ended up being similar
to how it originally began. Return to Exhibit Art Information:
Greek Art (An Overview). About. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011.
Picture: Greek Art. n.d. Image. WikiSpaces. Web. 10 October,
2011.
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Ancient Greece was made up of city-states, but each city- state
had its own form of government and its own army. The two largest of
these were Athens and Sparta. Return to Exhibit Greek Cities
Information: Doleys, Teri. Ancient Greece. Cedarville. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011. Picture: Sparta Ruins. n.d. Image. Around Greece.
Web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Greeks built their civilization based around trade. They
did not worry about farming, due to the fact that they were
surrounded by water and trade routes. The mountains also served as
natural barriers and boundaries for Greeces city- states. Return to
Exhibit Greece Information: Joseph, Brian. Greek, Ancient. Ohio
State University. N.d. web. 26 September, 2011. Picture: Map of
Greece in 431 BC. n.d. Image. Earth History. Web. 10 October,
2011.
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Room 3 Return to EntryMesopotamia
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Ishtar was a Mesopotamian Goddess. The Mesopotamians were
polytheistic, meaning that they worshipped many different gods and
goddesses. They would paint and carve the symbols of the gods and
goddesses into architecture to show their worship. Return to
Exhibit Star of Ishtar Information: Religion in Mesopotamia and
Primary Gods. Ancient Civilizations History. n.d. web. 14
September, 2011. Picture: Symbol of Goddess Ishtar. n.d. Image.
Ancient Civilizations History. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Around 4000 B.C. Mesopotamians discovered how to make bronze
tools and weapons. Since they were more effective, there was a high
demand in them, which also caused more people to become
metalworkers. Return to Exhibit Metal Tools Information:
Specialization of Labor-Mesopotamia. Period90910. n.d. web. 12
September, 2011. Picture: Metal Tools. n.d. Image. Period90910.
web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Mesopotamians specialized in labor, mainly because the less
privileged people often became slaves or servants in wealthy homes
and learned to work and cultivated the farm lands. Mesopotamians
built ziggurats to worship their gods and goddesses. One of their
most impressive buildings was a ziggurat built for the fertility
Goddess, Inanna, which took 1,500 laborers working ten hours a day
for five years. Return to Exhibit Ziggurats Information:
Specialization of Labor-Mesopotamia. Period90910. n.d. web. 12
September, 2011. Picture: Ziggurats. n.d. Image. Period90910. web.
10 October, 2011.
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Mesopotamians used cuneiform to keep their records. Cuneiform
was a type of script which consisted of pictures which symbolized
words, very similar to heiroglyphics. Mesopotamians would draw
their cuneiforms into clay tablets and let the clay harden so that
their records became permanent. Return to Exhibit Cuneiform
Information: Mesopotamia. Classics Technology Center. n.d. web. 12
September, 2011. Picture: The Beginnings of Writing. n.d. Image.
Classics Technology Center. Web. 12 September, 2011.
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Mesopotamia itself means between two rivers. It is located
between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River. The Sumerians
settled into the region around 4,000 B.C, which marked the first
civilization. Return to Exhibit Mesopotamia Information:
Mesopotamia. & Ancient Persia Taxson. n.d. web. 12 September,
2011. Picture: Mesopotamia. n.d. Image. Taxson. Web. 12 September,
2011.
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Mesopotamian cities developed along the rivers due to the fact
that Mesopotamians were primarily farmers. The river water helped
irrigate the land along the banks in order to help the crops grow.
Return to Exhibit Mesopotamian Cities Information: Ancient
Mesopotamia. Kture Kharkov. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture:
Babylon. n.d. Kture Kharkov. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011.
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Room 5 t Return to Entry Indus River Valley
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The Indus River Valley established its civilization near the
Himalayan Mountains. They got their water from the Himalayas
torrents of water, which also helped irrigate the soil, but created
monsoons in lowlands, which eventually caused people to die. Return
to Exhibit Indus River Valley Information: Guisepi, R.A. Indus
River Valley Civilization. MrDowling. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011.
Picture: Map of Indus Valley. n.d. Image. History-World. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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Archaeologists found two 4000- year-old cities along the banks
of the Indus River which they named Mohenjo-Daro, which means hill
of the dead, and Harappa. The buildings of the cities were up to
three-stories and built of sturdy bricks, with elaborate drainage
systems. Not much is known about what really happened to the
civilization, but it seems to have been abandoned near 1700 B.C.
Return to Exhibit Indus River Valley Cities Information: Mohenjo-
Daro and Harappa. Mr Dowling. N.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture:
Mohenjo- Daro. n.d. Image. History Kal World. Web. 10 October,
2011.
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The citizens of the Indus River Valley specialized in a variety
of thing, but one major thing would be art. A lot of the artists
were potters, which they would do in their free time, either to
sell their crafts or so that theyll have something to store their
things in from their main occupation. Return to Exhibit Pottery
Information: Indus Valley Civilization. infoplease. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011.Picture: Indus Valley Pottery 2 n.d. Image. JHTerry
Gallery. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Some people of the Indus Valley Civilization used forms of
cuneiform, but their pictures that they drew do not have as
apparent of a meaning as most. They also developed a writing system
that was used for several hundred years, but we still are unable to
read the words that they wrote. Return to Exhibit Stamp Seal
Information: The 3 Great River Valleys. His 1010 World History.
2011. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture: Stamp Seal. n.d. Image. His
1010 World History. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Indus mainly expressed their religious beliefs through art
and architecture, because they believed that they were more
important than religion. The Indus were mainly Hindu, which were
polytheistic. Return to Exhibit Religion Information: Indu
Religion. MrPlasko. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture: Hinduism.
n.d. Image. MrPlasko. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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The first plumming systems appeared by 2700 BC in the Indus
River Valley Civilizations, but overall there were no real fast
improvements. Some time before the Indu Civilization disappeared,
they developed an elegant drainage system that was well ahead of
their time and technology. Not much is known about what caused them
to create such an extremely well designed system, but it works
nearly aswell as modern day drainage systems, except it is more
public. Return to Exhibit Drainage System Information: Plumbing
History. Expert Plumbing Directory. 09 November, 2010. web. 10
October, 2011. Picture: Indu Plumbing. n.d. Expert Plumbing
Directory. Web. 10 October, 2011.
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Room 5 t Return to Entry Chinese River
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The Huang He river streatches across China over 2,900 miles and
carries rich yellow silt all through China, which improves the farm
land. The river also helps with trade and travel, since most of
China is surrounded by mountain ranges and river valleys. Return to
Exhibit Chinese River Information: Yellow River Valley
Civilization. The River Valley Civilization Guide. n.d. web. 10
October, 2011. Picture: Yellow River Valley Civilization. n.d.
Image. The River Valley Civilization Guide. n.d. web. 10 October,
2011.
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The king ruled from Anyang, the capital. He divided his kingdom
into territories that were ruled by the military leaders, but the
king still had the power to add or remove them whenever he chose.
They also believed tat they could talk to the gods whenever they
wished and receive help when needed. Return to Exhibit Chinese
Cities Information: Yellow River Valley Civilization. The River
Valley Civilization Guide. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture:
Yellow River Valley Civilization. n.d. Image. The River Valley
Civilization Guide. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Chinese were the first to create written books, which is
what they used to keep their records in. They also wrote stories
and ancient rituals in these books so that they could pass them
down through generations. Return to Exhibit Literature Information:
Yellow River Valley Civilization. The River Valley Civilization
Guide. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture: Yellow River Valley
Civilization. n.d. Image. The River Valley Civilization Guide. n.d.
web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Chinese were the first to actually have a written language
that didnt consist primarily of drawings. They would instead use
symbols, which stood for words or letters, rather than pictures
that stood for what it was a drawing of. Return to Exhibit Written
Language Information: The River Valley Civilizations. SlideShare.
n.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture: Jain Devanagari Book Script.
n.d. Image. Schoyen Collection. web. 10 October, 2011.
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The Chinese had many complex religious beliefs. They were
polytheistic and believed in many gods and nature spirits. They
also believed that great gods could not hear the prayers of simple
mortals, so they prayed to their ancestors. They also made
sacrifices such as food or other necessities to the gods. Return to
Exhibit Chinese Religion Information: The River Valley
Civilizations. SlideShare. n.d. web. 10 October, 2011. Picture:
Ancient China Buddhism. n.d. Image. Ancient China Life. Web. 10
October, 2011.
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The people of the Yellow River made pots, wrote poetry, and
even sang songs based on nature. They were perhaps the most musical
civilization of ancient times. They would also decorate their
weapons before going to war. Return to Exhibit Chinese Art
Information: The River Valley Civilizations. SlideShare. n.d. web.
10 October, 2011. Picture: Ancient Chinese Art. n.d.Image. Ancient
China Life. Web. 10 October, 2011.