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They would place oil on the body to heal them and they would cut holes in a persons skull to relive pain..

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The Indus River Valley society, around 1700 B.C.E., faced a collapse. While the cause is unknown, it’s said that a combination of environment factors such as changing climate, shifts in tectonic plates, and change in the course of rivers all led to the abandonment of cities.

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China women had a lot more power and were more respected than in other ancient societies. The Shang Dynasty also developed their own system of writing, religion, and warfare.

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In China, they had more then 100,000 rivers spread out all over the country. They also had a large variety of weapons for war, and created paper making and printing

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Women had important roles in their society and were usually buried with their belongings. Women would serve their family. China had advanced writing and was good with trading.

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Cuneiform was the standard form of writing used to record trades and other forms of writing.

Women and men had separate but equally important roles in society, and there are even records of female gods.

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Hierogyphics, orginally used to record inmportant relgious events, became used for keepign track of debt and other trading matters. In addition, It is improtant to remeber the fact that women had the same rights as men. They had thier own business and had an input in political matters. They could also own thier own land.

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The ancient chinese were very powerful due to trade happening in the silk road. They also thought religion was very important and took ancestry and family very seriously.

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Egypt thrived for thousands of years (from c. 8000 BCE to c. 30 BCE) as an independent nation whose culture was famous for great cultural advances in every area of human knowledge, from the arts to science to technology and religion. one cultural advance was the building of their massive pyramids and temples.

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There was a big use of bronze tools and weapons during the Shang Dynasty.

The Shang believed in the afterlife and placed different objects in the tomb with wealthy and powerful people when they died.
-Lucy

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Even women had to stay and do the household duties they still had important roles in society and in religion.
They used dialects to keep records of trade and religion.

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Their written system was very advanced. They used oracle bones to communicate with their ancestors. They also had written observation of the sky and had a solar calendar which helped with farming. They were also very skilled with using bronze. They used it to create weapons, increase harvests, and tools.
-Marcella

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The Indus Valley civilization was located in modern northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Their hierarchy was very strict and was based on their religion ; Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, and lastly Harijans.

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Nubian women had important roles in religious rituals and agricultural production.

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One thing we should remember about our first societies in Egypt is mainly about how women in Egypt had the freedom for business and had a voice politically. The hieroglyphics were an important source of organization and communication for them too.

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Rulers and warriors were at the top of the social hierarchy, but women still had a very important role in society.

Cuneiform was used to record taxes and the production and distribution of trade.

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The Indus River Valley civilization contained more than 1,000 cities and settlements. Little is understood about the Indus script, and as a result, little is known about the Indus River Valley civilization's institutions and systems of governance. But we do know that there were "caste systems" and ways of differentiating people, such as- Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras and Harijans. Women were highly respected in society, but were made to take care of household duties and responsibilities.
- Siya

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Writing was also used to record religions or beliefs, also the government. Most Egyptian's jobs came from their parents or families.

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One thing we should remember about Mesoamerica is they used Cuneiform and that the women spent their time weaving, cooking, and caring for children.

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In China women had more power depending on what men they were related and/or married to

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The 2 most important facts to remember is that China uses oracle bones to look in their ancestors and that China used writing to keep track of money.

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In Egyptian women enjoyed equal pay for equal work and owned their own businesses and land.