10 interesting things in the Middle East
7.) Chess pieces (India)
India was the inventors of chess, and were the first to ever play it. Although it is not played the same as it is today. The weren't any specific rules to chess as there is now.
9.) The Earliest Peace Treaty
The first peace treaty was signed between Pharaoh Ramses II of Egypt, and King Muwatalli of the Hittites. Which stated the neither side would try to take land or over the other, and would help the other if another tried to take over.
6.) Indoor plumbing
India was the first civilization to have indoor plumbing. What they would do was have little whole in the ground with some bricks around the whole to sit on. When you were done you would just pour water down and it would go out onto the streets.
1.) Rosetta Stone (Egypt)
The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799. It was carved in 196 BC in hieroglyphics, greek and demotic(common writing of the egyptians) to honor a Egyptian Pharaoh.
5.) The 5 things that Mesopotamia Invented
The five things that Mesopotamia invented were: Writing, The wheel, Mathematics, Astronomy and Medicine
2.) Deserts Surrounding China
10.) The Great Wall of China
The Gobi and the Taklamakan desert both surround that isolated any other civilization.
The Great Wall of China in total is over about 10,000 miles, which would be over 20,000 km.This wall was to help prevent attacks from northern invaders.
4.) The Beginning of the India
Artifacts indicate that were found suggest that India was beginning to settle down in about 4000 bc
8.) The start of civilization
Archeologist the first signs of Sedentary was around 8000 bce. BCE stands for "before common era".
3.) The Pyramids of Giza
There are 3 pyramids at Giza for 3 different pharaohs. The Great Pyramid was for Khufu, one for Khafre( Khufu's son), and one for Menkaura ( Khafre's son).