Sumeria
Used materials of stone and evolved to metals.
*Invented irrigation
*Had city-states with their own ruler and god to praise
Built temples for the gods.
China
Civilization came around Bronze age, used and made materials out of animal bones and metals.
*Invented terrace farming
*Had dynasties, which are family trees in power, and a cycle
Built temples for emperors
Phoenicians
Sumerians had to build wall for defense while Phoenicians had mountains.
Unlike the other two, they grew grapes, olives, and garlic.
Invented very odd artifacts Inventions such as sails, oar, and glass.
*Both civilizations made weapons, most likely related to the bow.
Both had religious systems that chose rulers by the gods.
*Both places grew in the Medditerranian
*Both had polytheistic belief systems
*Both had bowls and made pottery of Metals
*Both civilizations rised out of places with mountains
*All grew around fertile lands with rivers.
*All grew wheat and grains despite different terrain
Similarities & Differences: Ancient Civilizations
*All grew around fertile lands with rivers.
*All grew wheat and grains despite different terrain
*All suffered severe flooding
Civilization came around Bronze age, used and made materials out of animal bones and metals.
*Invented terrace farming
*Invented Irrigation
Both civilizations made weapons, most likely related to the bow.
*Chinese politcs and rulership was with dynasties and the Mandate of Heaven. Although Sumerians had a priest king as well as a ziggurat
*Separate eras for China and were all a nation, while Sumeria lived in separate places under one ruler and god/gooddess.
