8000+B.C.E.+to+600+C.E.+Topics

=Instructions and Topics=

Here is a list of research topics for this period of history. Designated team leaders will coordinate and assign topics. For each item listed provide: 1) a synopsis about that topic in your own words; 2)visuals regarding that topic with captions that are informative; 3) a list of sources used for each topic; and 4) a link to the primary website used; 5) Your name at the end so we know who did that research

The Topics: 1) Weapons: Iron weapons and compound bows 2) Modes of transportation: Chariots and Horseback riding 3) Monumental architecture and urban planning: Ziggurats 4) Monumental archictecture and urban planning: Pyramids 5) Mon. arch. and urban planning: Temples 6) Mon. arch. and urban planning: Defensive Walls 7) Mon. arch. and urban planning: Streets and Roads 8) Mon. arch. and urban planning: Sewage and water systems 9) Arts and artisanship: Sculpture 10) Arts and artisanship: Painting 11) Arts and artisanship: Wall Decorations 12) Arts and artisanship: Elaborate weaving 13) Systems of Record Keeping: Cuneiform 14) Systems of Record Keeping: Hieroglyphs 15) Systems of Record Keeping: Pictographs 16) Systems of Record Keeping: Alphabets 17) Systems of Record Keeping: Quipu 18) Literature: The "Epic of Gilgamesh" 19) Literature: Rig Veda 20) Literature: The Book of the Dead