Ancient Civilisations

Objectives

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- To learn about early societies and state formations - To understand the development of civilisations - To learn about the ancient Egyptian civilisation - To study the main features of the Mesopotamian civilisations - To know the Chinese civilisation - To gain knowledge about the Indus civilisation

Recap

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- After the Neolithic Age, civilisations sprang and grew in the Bronze Age.People began their settled life in planned towns and began to involve in trade and exchange. Science and technology developed. - The civilisations are relatively complex social systems. - The Egyptian civilisation excelled in architecture and the pyramids were its important contribution. - The Mesopotamian civilisation contributed to the development of calendar system and astronomy. - The Chinese civilisation contributed in terms of philosophy and inventions. - The Indus civilisation produced a variety of commodities using innovative techniques. It had cultural contacts with West Asia.