- Middle Eastern, Sumerian, and the Egyptian Civilization were the earliest to emerge around 3500 B.C.E.
- Norte Chico is the largest in the Supe River Valley.
- This Civilization developed along the coast of Peru, around the same time as Egypt and Sumer.
- Its small city's economy had extreme fishing industries along the coast.
- Norte Chico lacked defensive walls, archeologists pottery and writing.
- Palaces, temples, graves, kings, or warrior classes
- Indus River Valley Civilization was much larger than Egypt and Mesopotamia together.
- South Asian civilizations slowly move eastward of the Ganges River.
- Indus Valley Civilization was also known for its cities, Mohenjo Daro and Harappa.
- Inside the walls were buildings, markets, houses, workshops, neighborhoods, streets, and drains to carry water and sewage.
- In ancient and recent societies, seals were used for imprinting images on document or products.
- Seals represented a specific clan, a high official, a particular business or a prominent individual.
How might a prominent landowner, a leading official, a clean head, or a merchant make use of such a seal?
They were used to make clay tags for bundles goods. Bull seals were owned by the high-ranked officials of powerful clans which represented the leader of the herd who had strength and brought protection.
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