Natural Geography: At the front of the model sits a section of the Himalayan mountains from the Indus Valley

civilization. The mountains create a source of water for the civilization. The Nile River from Egypt can also be spotted
running down the Himalayan mountains and through the land as a natural source of water
Natural Resources: Our city-state produces, minerals, rocks, paper, cotton, weapons, olives, grapes, and pottery. This
can be found in the market and along the river.
Stable Food Supply: The primary food source in our city-state is rice shown in the rice field next to the Nile River. The
rice represents China’s main food source.
Trade Networks: The marketplace shows all the separate civilizations which represents how all of these city-states trade
with each other using the items displayed on the tables. There are six stands each representing one of the city states,
Egypt sells their writing supplies, Indus River their Buddha Statues (religion), Greece their grapes and other famous
foods, China their advanced technology, Rome their war items and defense weapons, and other trading items used by
Mesopotamians. All of these different civilizations valued different items in return some where foods (like wheat) or
precious metals/artistic creations.
Social Structure: The social structure can be shown in the houses around the city-state. The lowest class are the slaves,
which do not homes. The tiniest home on the corner of the map shows the second lowest class, the lower class filled with
farmers and laborers. The second to largest house across the river from the pyramids is the upper class, filled with
artisans, traders, and merchants. The house with the balcony is the second highest class filled with priests and priestesses
were. The house with the dome is the highest class where the king and nobles live. This was a strictly enforced system and
people could not move up into the top two classes, but could move between the last three classes. Those born into the
highest class structures could not move out of their class. This class structure was mostly based around the Mesopotamian
culture, but has been modified into our own city-state culture.
Government: Located along the banks of the Nile River sitting on lush green grass sits the palace of the king of the city.
The palace is the most luxury building in the house with the newest technology (domes and columns) and made out of the
best materials. The mesopotamian government consisted of a king for each city meaning that there was more than one
king ruling throughout the empire at a time.
Religion: Our city-state had many diverse religions. The main religion, however, was buddhism that had been in the indus
valley river civilization. Religion was not strictly followed and didn’t greatly impact the government.
Monumental Architecture: There were two monumental structures in our city-state. The first main monumental
structure would be the pyramids, taken after the Egyptian culture. They hold the deceased kings and queens and are filled
with many of the land’s natural resources that were too valuable for even the highest classes on the social structure. The
other monumental structure is the chinese temple. While religion was a large part of the culture, it didn’t affect how the
government ran.
Original Art Style and Mediums: The arts weren’t practiced much in our civilizations. Artisans were rare in the society,
but allowed many art forms to be created. Several of them can be seen in the market such as pottery, statues, and metal
welding into weapons.
Warfare and Conflict: Like the Roman and Greek civilizations, our city-state is based around similar ideas of warfare.
While our city-state is mostly a peaceful civilization and does not partake in many war activities, such as the Indus Valley
River civilization, we own swords, katanas, knifes, and shields. This can be found in the marketplace.
Writing: Our city-state’s writing is modeled after the egyptian and chinese civilizations. Our civilization uses papyrus
and ink as writing materials. The paper and ink can be found in the market and the papyrus plants are along the Nile river.
Our civilization writes in Chinese, which can be seen on the Chinese temple near the Himalayan mountains.
Technology: There were many technological advancements in our civilization that was mostly based around the Chinese
civilization. The farms and rice crops were created on a slope near the Nile River. This allowed terracing to be used and
irrigation to water the plants. Additionally, our city-state had ink, gunpowder, and a compass were several of the ancient
technologies found in our markets.
1. The Himalayan Mountains is a natural geography and the source of water for our civilization.
2. The Nile River flows down from the Himalayan Mountains and into the Mediterranean Sea. The river allows
many mineral to wash up onto shore and create rich soil to grow crops in.
3. The pyramids are modeled after the Egyptian Pyramids of Giza. They contain the deceased kings and queens of
the city.
4. The marketplace is filled with diverse cultures and contains many items to trade. The items vary from, food,
religion, warfare, natural resources, and technologies.
5. The temple is a symbol of the religious practices our civilization has. Religion plays a role in the citizen’s
everyday lives but doesn’t interfere with the government.
6. The rice crops show the civilization stable food source. They are grown in fertile lands using terracing.
7. The papyrus plant is used to create paper out of to be used in writing practices.
8. The olive tree also is another food source our civilization has.
9. The lowest class lives in a small house on the outskirts of town.
10. The second to lowest class lives in a house near the crops to tend to the plants.
11. The second highest class lives in a larger house consisting of two floors.
12. The highest class lives in a palace and only the kings and queens own the home.
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