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Question

could someone please help me out, I know I could easily figure this out but as a hardworking all ap high school student...don't u slightly feel sorry for me??


well for the sympathetics here are the words I need definitions to-

~Shang china

~phoenician

~Hieroglyphics

~Abraham

~subcontinent

~Hinduism

~Exile

~Kush

~Ten Commandments

~Indus Valley

~ Hebrews

~Persian empire

~Torah

~civilization

~Monotheism

~Technology

~Mythology

~Delta

~Pharoahs

~Hammurabi

~Pictograms

~mesopotamia

~Barter economy

~Zoroaster

~Alphabet

~Ancestor worship

~City state

~Calendar

If ur wondering what all these have in common, the topic/unit is EATLY CIVILIZATIONS

U don't have to answer all (which would be nice) but as many as u can get


thank u guys soooso much


-desperate highschooler

i meant EARLY not eatly lol

Answer 1

Here's a few, I don't have time for the rest....

~Shang china- The Shang, rather than the Xia, is considered by most to be the first true dynasty of China. Like the Xia, the Shang were originally considered to be a myth. They were discovered because Chinese phamacists were selling oracle bones the Shang had created; the parmacists sold the bones as dragon bones. The bones were first noticed in 1899 and by the 1920's were traced to Anyang, where the last Shang capital was found and excavated. Excavations were halted in 1937, when Japan attacked China. In the 1950's an earlier Shang capital was found near present day Zhengzhou. Traditional Chinese history indicates that the Shang Dynasty consisted of 30 kings and seven different, successive, capitals. The Zhou, the dynasty that followed the Shang, are responsible for the recordings of the kings and capitals of the Shang Dynasty. (http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/ancient_china/shang.html)

~phoenician- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plains of what is now Lebanon. Phoenician civilization was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. Though ancient boundaries of such city-centered cultures fluctuated, the city of Tyre seems to have been the southernmost. Sarepta between Sidon and Tyre, is the most thoroughly excavated city of the Phoenician homeland. Although the people of the region most likely called themselves the kena'ani, the name Phoenicia became common because of the Greeks who called the land Phoiniki - Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē; see also List of traditional Greek place names). This term had been borrowed from Ancient Egyptian Fnkhw "Syrians". Due to phonetic similarity, the Greek word for Phoenician was synonymous with the color purple or crimson, φοῖνιξ (phoînix), through its close association with the famous dye Tyrian purple (cf. also Phoenix). The dye was used in ancient textile trade, and highly desired. The Phoenicians became known as the 'Purple People'. The Phoenicians often traded by means of a galley, a man-powered sailing vessel. They were the first civilization to create the bireme

~Hieroglyphics- The word hieroglyph derives from the Greek words ἱερός (hierós 'sacred') and γλύφειν (glúphein 'to carve' or 'to write', see glyph), and was first used to describe Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Greeks who came to Egypt prior to and during the Ptolemaic Period (305 BC - 30 BC) observed that while demotic script was employed for secular documents, pictorial characters were frequently found in religious contexts - carved on temple walls and funerary structures, as well as on official monumen

~Abraham- Abraham (between 2000 BC/BCE and 1500 BC/BCE) is regarded as the founding patriarch of the Israelites whom God chose to bless, and to make into a blessing for all peoples on Earth. He is a critical figure in Judaism later adopted by other religions like Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith.

~subcontinent- The term the Indian subcontinent is used also culturally and politically. It includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and usually other South Asian countries too. The region has wide geographical variations like desert, plateau, rainforest, mountains and a myriad of languages, races and religions. Sometimes subregion of continents are dubbed subcontinents because their culture is so different from the rest of the continent, such as Central America and the Middle East

~Hinduism- Hinduism is a set of religious traditions that originated mainly in the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism encompasses many religious beliefs, practices, and denominations. Hindus believe in a supreme cosmic spirit, who is worshipped in many forms, represented by individual deities such as Vishnu, Shiva and Shakt. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world, with approximately 1 billion adherents (2005 figure), of whom approximately 890 million live in India. Other countries with large Hindu populations include Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, and Indonesia. Fifteen million Hindus live in Bangladesh, 2 million in Pakistan, 1 million in the United Arab Emirates, and 1.4 million in the United States.

Answer 2

1. shang china,.. hey i think u shud b more
esficific with this topic b'coz, it can be emperor
in china,. like king bu bing of shang of china.
something like that.
2.phoeniciqan - it can be phoeniscian alphabet,
phoenician language,,, or it may pertain also to poenix
or a native resident of phoenix arizona, or it can be
also phoenician acirnt civilization,..
u need to be especific because its broad.
but i guess among the definitions the best ans.
will be a native resisdent of phoenix arizona.
3.heiroglyphics- it means any hand writting that is hard
to read or to decipher.
4.abraham- the father or leader of many
he was the chosen one by god to bless
the people on earth.
5.suncontinent- is a large part of a continent
6.hinduism-is a set of relious tradition that originated
mainly in indian subcontinent.
7.exile- can be a form of punishment, or self imposed
leaving of ones homeland
8.kush- civilization centered in north america
region of nubia.
9. for ten commandment get it ur self its too long
and u can grab a bible ok
10.indus valley is the longest and most important
river in pakistan (im not so sure about this)
11.hebrew is a semitic langguage, spoken
by millions of people in israel and jewish
communities
12.persian empire- was a series of historical empires that ruled
over Iranian plateau
13.torah- maning teaching
14.civilization- comes fromt he latin word civis
meaning to be civilized, essentially meat being a
townsman
15.monotheism- oneness of god
16.technology-elusive concepts, from the greek word
technologia...
17.delta- letter in the greek alphabet
18.pharoahs- a title used to any ruler usually male
19.hammurabi- 6th king of babylon
20.pictograms- a symbol representing a concept,
object activity or place.
21.mesopotamia- refers toa region that is now
occupied by modern iraq
22.barter economy- type of trade where goods or services are
exchange with goods and services as well
23.zoroaster- its the englisg version of azrathustra
meaning acient iranian prophet the founder
os zoroasterianism
24.alphabet- a complete standardized set of
letters
25.ancestor worship- its a religious practice based
on belief that deceased family members
have continued existence
26.city state- a region controlled by a city
27.calendar- a system for naming periods of time typically
days.


good luck '

Answer 3

I would help, but that is a lot of stuff to type out. You could have saved time by just typing those terms into Wikipedia and getting your information from there instead of typing them on Yahoo! Answers. Try doing that instead.

http://www.wikipedia.com