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When the Polynesian people were sailing, one big thing they can use is coconuts. There are many parts of a coconut that they can use. Like the fur part of a coconut, which can be used to make rope, or they can drink the coconut water for hydration, they can also eat the fruit. So in the end, the coconut is one of the best things they can eat when crossing oceans

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Greek trophies were extremely important to the Greek, but it wasn't the cup that was important, but what was inside of it. Inside the winner's trophy is filled with olive oil, since that olive oil had many uses to the Greeks. For example, they bathed in olive oil, olive oil can also be used for cooking (which we still do even today!), etc.

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Since Rome has so many people that there isn’t enough water to support them all, so they made many aqueducts into the city to provide water.
Jason

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The Olympics that are held today date back to over 2000 years ago. Only men were allowed to participate and they didn't wear any clothes for more accessibility and competitiveness. The prize for the winner of a competition would have been a trophy full of olive oil. They would pour the oil on their body and rub off all the sweat and dirt. Then, the would use a scrapper to remove everything. Similar methods and trophies are still used today that are from Ancient Greece.
- Ivy

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the people of Rome wore clothing that were called Togas they were similar to the Greece people's clothes but this time the more drapey and fancy your clothes were the more rich and powerful you were it was not about the brooches that secured your clothing. it was not made for working like farming or training as a soldier these togas were meant for the rich people who wanted to show off their wealth.

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Roman Clothing was called a Toga. It went over your not dominant hand/arm since it slips off easily. While Greek Chitons needed to be clipped, Roman Togas don't. Also, the color and amount of fabric you have shows how rich you are. If you want to show off your wealth, you would wear purple fabric since the only way to get it was to mash a specific shell. Other colors were easier to make. Another way to show off is to have more fabric to show that you have the money to have lots of fabric. Also, you needed to wear something underneath since the part that doesn't go under your arm can show.
-Rona

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in ancient Greece the terrain was rocky and hard there was little water in nature, and the only thing that could survive was the olive tree. Since the Greek people could not just live on olives the armies of cities and empires set out to claim good land and by that I mean take over countries and steal food or sometimes trade. -isabelle

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Slaves were usually people they use after war to help them do things. Slaves can be people that lost war when fighting them, people that goes against the law, etc.

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Women in Greece would prove that they were good enough to have a family when they can do the full process to make clothes.

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The basics tunic was called a chiton. Women wore long tunics and men wore short ones. Made form a large piece of cloth it was held on the shoulders with buttons or brooches. Women often tie a belt around their waist. A man's tunic came down to his thighs. It was sleeveless and fastened on one or both shoulders. In cold weather men and women usually wear a cloak called himatation.
-Ariel

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Since Ancient Greece doesn’t have fresh water nor good soil, they can only plant olives, but with people starting to live in cities, they don’t have enough food to eat. So they sent out colonies to grow(steal) food in other places and send the food back to the city by boat.
Jason

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Olive trees in Greece grow near the coast where the climate is dry and rocky. They grow very slowly, but there are a lot of them in one area. In Ancient Greece, collecting olives would take three people to complete. Two people shake the tree using long sticks and the other person would collect the olives that would have fallen on the ground. People today still use the same method to collect olives.
- Ivy

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it is very rocky in ancient Greece. It is hard to plant plants. Also, they mostly plan olives.

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it is very rocky in ancient Greece. It is hard to plant plants. Also, they mostly plan olives.

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It is an ancient structure at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan. It's a massive swimming pool, one of the main centres structure. It's made of bricks and it has plasters around it and a tube to drain away the water. Yet, we're not sure what does it do, but it's disgusting since they don't change the water often and dusts goes inside, but people are using it.
-Davis

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Cities back then was organized and simple to navigate. They all came to an agreement on what to build and there was a person/group to build it. And that's the reason how cities were so organized.

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The cities of Indus Valley were the first in the world to have sewer systems. Human waste and dirty water were flushed away from home along clay pipes. These pipes ran under the streets. Many houses had their own private well.
-Ariel

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Civilization in the Indus Valley was organized and relatively well planned out. The space was used effectively because there was a group of people that was in control of the planning. This is called central planning, which is also how the city of New York, for example, was planned.
- Ivy

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Indus Valley was located in Pakistan near the Indus River, the people there were much like the Egyptians and mespatainians they were known for there future like drainage systems and mysterious writing they had a big pool called the great bath. they dug canals so then there crops could get water, they also used water buffalos to plow.

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To build cities, there was a person or a small group of people in charge and they organized    the roads, shops, houses etc. This is because if everybody built these things wherever they wanted, it could get messy and inconvenient for people's needs.
- Rona

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The Indus Valley has toilets in there house! The urine and waste went through a sewer system under the streets! In other places, this did not appear until more modern times.

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Crops we eat today are domesticated, which means human created a new species by changing or staying with it all the time. humans used more valuable seeds so they get more. It is bad for crops because they're not growing naturally even though humans get more rice. -Davis

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Most visitors to China make a point of seeing the Great Wall. The Great Wall is so long that it is hard to miss. The Great Wall was built more than two thousand years ago. Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of China. Qin Shi Huang made his empire so vast that it was not easy to defend. The Great Wall was built on tall mountains. It was a barrier against the tribes from the north. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese peasants were forced to leave their farms to build The Great Wall. Many builders died during the construction. The builders utilized whatever was close in hand. They used materials such as blocks of stone, timber and earth. Later on, bricks and tiles were used. The Great Wall of China is one of the largest men-made structures in the world.
-Ariel

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The Great Wall of China's main purpose was to block off enemies from entering the country. But later on, it was proved not so effective after the enemies still managed to attack. Also carrying the materials for the wall was no simple work!

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Confucius was an Ancient Chinese philosopher who tried to establish who a good person is and what they would do. He had more than 1000 students, and they were the people who kept track of the morals that he taught. We still learn from these morals today and they still guide the mindsets of current civilizations.
- Ivy

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The oldest writing in ancient China was written on animal bones. People would put it in fire. They would listen to the bones because it would answer their questions. Writing is important because it tells us about people like Confucius.
Tiffany

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making silk was something that was discovered in China, the silk all came from silkworms that would eat a certain type of leaf that gives them everything they need to grow, once they are big they will weave a silk cacoon for themselves and then the Chinese people will put it in boiling water and the silk will detangle and then they can weave it into soft mattresses or clothing for rich people to buy

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Emperor Qin is known for ending the warring states period and uniting China (or at least Ancient China), he created many crucial systems for China (e.g. writing, measures, currency). He is also known for playing a big part in building the Great Wall of China, and creating the Terracotta Army to accompany him in his tomb, and into the afterlife.
--Emma

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He was the first emperor that united all of the different dynasty and made everyone use the same measurement, money, etc. He also made everyone build the great wall to stop the war

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Mesopotamia was one of the oldest city Ever, it's between Euphrates and Tigris river. The desert and the plants were bonded together because the two rivers floods unstably so plants grew rule-less and people moves frequently. They have Ziggurats which were like palace in there, are the center of the city. Poor people lived in the bottom, and rich people lived on the top. The base of common houses were like maze, and people found bowls which were like money. The way you used them is to put foods or things in the bowl as money.

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The law of Hammurabi was the first set of rules in Mesopotamia. The law is famous for "an eye for an eye" which means that if you do something to someone, he/she gets to do it back to you. For example, if someone dies because a new house crashes, the person who builds it will be put to death. In my opinion, it's not fair. Under this law a doctor will be put the death if he accidentally kills a patient. How can you find out if it is the doctor's fault or if the disease is incurable.
-Ariel

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In the city of Ur, the ziggurat is the center and government of the entire city. It is made out of mud bricks. There are date palm trees planted on some levels. The rest of the buildings are gathered around the ziggurat.
Now, due to weather, only the base remains.
Jason

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In Ancient Mesopotamia, there is evidence that regular people sacrificed themselves to serve the more important people in the Underworld. Regular people poisoned themselves and animals were poisoned as well. However, they quickly switched to models of servants.

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Ziggurats are buildings for warship and government in the shape of stepped pyramids. They are made of mud bricks and were dried from being in natural sunlight. In the basement of the ziggurat was thousands of bowls that were thrown as garbage. The bowls were containers to put food in for the workers. They were all the same size to ensure fairness.
- Ivy

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Mesopotamia is between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, and the climate is quite hot and dry. This resulted in vast deserts with greens in places that receive rain. In short, the climate is semi-arid, which refers to Mesopotamia as dry, but having slightly more rain than an arid region or climate.
--Emma

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Bottom of a ziggurat in Ancient Mesopotamia

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Ziggurats were big, central buildings which are half-palace half-temple. There would be a temple at the top for the gods, which normal people don't have access to. However, most of the ziggurats are open to the public. Ziggurats are made of mud, which can be baked in the sun to harden. Then, they can be stacked to make ziggurats.
- Rona

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There are many different myths in Ancient Mesopotamia. Some stories are inspired by these stories, especially stories from nearby countries like Greece. Also, the characters in the myths can be slightly different as there were many small independent states.

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Ur was one of the earliest villages in the whole world, it was very similar to Egypt but they have different rules like the code of Hammurabi, he has a rule that is called eye to eye. that means if you punch me I get to punch you back.

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Workers in Ancient Mesopotamia were paid with bowls that were filled with bread or grains.
Tiffany

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Pharaohs were gods that were chosen to lead all the Egyptians and they owned lots of servants and lands. They often built a pyramid for themselves when they died. Pharaohs were like intermediaries between gods (half animal, half human) and humans. They put lots of thing in their pyramids like servant carvings, foods and tools
because they believed those things would follow them to the afterlife. -Davis

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I learned that Egyptians had many ideas to get into the after life.

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When a pharaoh died, Egyptians took out his organs, but still kept his heart in the body. They put the organs in tiny jars and preserved them with salt. After that, they believed the a god named Anubis would weigh the heart on a balance scale. If the heart weighed heavier than the feather, the god Ammit would eat the heart up. If the heart weighed the same weight as or lighter than the feather, Ammit would leave the heart for afterlife. They preserved the body with salt and wrapped cloth around the body. After they finished these steps, they would put the body in a coffin, and the coffin would go into a tomb. The most popular tombs in Egypt were called pyramids. There were many rooms in pyramids to confuse robbers. Only in one chamber you would find the coffin and the artifacts to use for the afterlife.
-Ariel

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The pyramids used to be flat buildings on the sand, but it kept evolving into the things we know today as pyramids. It turned from flats into multiple flats stack on top of each other, the walls gotten smoothened out and then it became what we know now. Except that it was very obvious and it was a sign of come-to-me-now-I-have-goodies.

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Ancient Egyptians farm on the lands where river Nile floods every year. They grow wheat to make flour and then bread.
Rich Ancient Egyptians also feed cows with the plants they grow. They usually have lots of land and they sell the milk they make.
-Jason

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People in ancient Egypt believed once you finish your first short life, you would live your afterlife for all eternity. So, you would spend a lot of time to prepare for your afterlife. While regular people might just put a few necessities, some richer people would bring jewelry, tools and models of servants. Then, your body will be mummified with salt and sand to make sure your body would not rot. Your body and items would be put into your tomb. There might also be spells and tips for passing the tests needed for the entering the afterlife.
- Rona

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Scribes were people in ancient Egypt that knew how to read and write. They were important because they could record and spread information. Not only can this help the ancient Egyptians to gain knowledge, but the written text is also crucial for the next generations to learn about their culture. As very few people could read and write in ancient Egypt, they were very valuable. People needed scribes to write things, then when this text gets passed on to another person, that person needed to find scribes to read the text for them. Thus, they were very important figures in ancient Egypt.
--Emma

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ancient Egypt has people who believe in the. afterlife, they would have other people mummify their dead bodies and bring everything they need with them including their organs

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Almost all Ancient Egyptians were farmers, however there were other jobs as well. For example, there were blacksmiths, scribes, and sculptors. Some people even had two jobs.
Ivy

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Ancient Egyptians would preserve their bodies and bring objects like jewelry or household items with them for the afterlife. They would also preserve their organs in jars.
Tiffany

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A bog body is a human corpse that has been mummified in a peat bog (a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials). These peat bogs make bodies retain their skin and internal organs due to the conditions of the surrounding area. The highly acidic water, low temperature, and a lack of oxygen preserves the skin well.
—Emma

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Cities used to be very crowded with little windows, the building are shaped like modern homes (Cube or rectangular prisms). It also seems to me that the rooms may also be important for something (since there are ladders)

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The earliest villages consist of rectangle houses and people hang out on rooftops and these villages contain a few thousand people, they were also the earliest farmers
-Isabelle

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Before civilization, people picked berries and hunted animals to eat. After they learned how to farm and raise animals, they started to settle down to form villages and cities. They had time to do other things like creating art, making pottery, weaving, doing metal work and managing villages and cities. That was how civilization started.
-Ariel

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Items like money can deteriorate after periods of time, which happens with some help of moisture. So, in Egypt, where it is hot and dry, things don't deteriorate as much. This leaves more historical evidence of early civilization.
Ivy

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The people live in rectangular buildings which are in a city that can hold 5000-6000 people. And they are the first farmers.
Jason