This document is a research project on the leaders, architecture/art, and advanced technologies of ancient Greece, China, and Egypt. It provides details on the various architectural styles used in each civilization like columns in Greece. Leaders that unified their countries like Qin Shi Huang in China are discussed. Inventions and technologies created ranging from chariots in Greece to paper in China to hieroglyphics in Egypt are summarized with examples provided. The project concludes with a bibliography of sources consulted.
Ancient Greek, Chinese, Egyptian Leaders, Art/Architecture & Tech
1. Social Studies
Research Project
Noah Yang and Marcus Stephens
Mrs.Lemon’s Class 2014
Leaders/Leadership, Architecture/Art, and Advanced Technology in
Ancient Greece, China, and Egypt
2. Table o’ Contents
-1. Ancient Greek Leaders
-2. Ancient Greek Architecture/Art
-3. Ancient Greek Advanced Technology
-4. Ancient Chinese Leaders
-5. Ancient Chinese Architecture/Art
-6. Ancient Chinese Advanced Technology
-7. Ancient Egyptian Leaders
-8. Ancient Egyptian Architecture/Art
-9. Ancient Egyptian Advanced Technology
-10. Bibliography
3. Ancient Greek
Art/Architecture
Architecture
-Columns,
Doric-plain, used in Mainland Greece
Ionic-thinner than Doric, capital(the top) decorated
with a scroll(volute),eastern Greece
Corinthian-capital decorated with leaves, often seen
on Roman temples and Greece
-Parthenon- built 447 B.C. and finished in 432
B.C. in Acropolis. Greatest temple of the Doric
order, 50 columns total. Elaborately decorated, and
statues that show scenes from Athena’s life.
Art
-Sculpting
Created statues for freedom, and influenced art all
the way to Japan. Mostly sculpted human bodies.
An example of Greek sculpting, is Discobolos
(discuss-thrower)which shows a 3 dimensional picture
of a guy throwing a discuss.
-Painting
The ancient Greeks paint on vases.
Mostly pictures of designs and animals. They drew
the designs in geometrical styles.
4. Ancient Greek
Leaders
Leaders
-Alexander the Great-never lost to a battle, great military leader, and
expanded Greek territories
-Cleisthenes- helped reform constitution, called Father of Athenian
Democracy
-Demosthenes- statesman, greatest speech giver of Greece
-Pericles- statesman during Golden Age, led building projects that
stand today
5. Ancient Greek
Advanced Technology
Chariots- a horse drawn vehicle, with two wheels. They used the chariots to battle in the
Bronze Age and the Iron Age. They also used them for entertainment at the Circus
Maximus for races.The Greeks used the Chariots in the Battle of Kadesh.
Olympics- Invented the Olympics to honor the gods, took place in Olympia, and took five
days.
First day, festival of athletics and wrestling.
Second day, foot races in stadiums and basically all running.
Other days, wrestling, boxing, and pancratium, a mix of both, and horse racing
6. Ancient Chinese
Leaders
Leaders
-Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of
Ancient China. He conquered all warring
states and united into one kingdom at 221
B.C.
-Xiang Yu , was a major military leader and
political figure. He was granted the title
“Duke of Lu” in 208 B.C.
7. Ancient Chinese
Architecture/Art
Architecture
The architecture ancient
Chinese use, is mostly
timberwork. They use wood to
make a framework for a house.
The ancient Chinese built the
Great Wall of China to
protect and defend against
the northern tribes. It’s over
5000 miles long.
Art
The Ancient Chinese used many
different styles of Art like
Caligraphy, Painting, Porcelain,
Silk, Liquer, and Poetry. The
three perfections are Poetry,
Caligraphy, and Painting.
-Poetry is a type of writing that
educated people are supposed to
learn.
- Caligraphy is a type of hand
writing that ancient Chinese
consider important to art
-Painting was inspired by poetry
and caligraphy. The paintings in
China usually have pictures of
nature.
8. Ancient Chinese
Advanced Technology
Weapons- The Chinese made weapons out of Iron. To cast the iron, they
put the iron into the furnace and heat it up to high temperatures, which smelted
the iron. They bang it in place to create a weapon, and then put in water. The
weapon is made.
Paper- Paper was made out of fiber collected by pounding linen cloth. Paper in
China was first actually used for clothing. Beleive it or not, but it was also
used for soldiers' armor.
9. Ancient Egyptian
Leaders
Leaders
-Akhenaten, famous for saying about only one God, ruled
with his wife, King Tut's father
-Tutankhamun- called King Tut, famous because today his
tomb remains intact with treasures, became Pharaoh at 9
-Hatshepsut, lady Pharaoh, wore men's Pharaoh clothing
including beard, greatest woman Pharaoh
-Ramses II, ruled Egypt for 67 years, built more structures
than any other Pharaoh
10. Ancient Egyptian
Architecture/Art
Art
Sculpting- The Egyptians
sculpted The Great
Sphyinx of Giza and the
Statues of Ramses II at the
Abu Symbel Temples.
Painting- They painted on
tombs and walls. The
paintings show people in
their afterlifes.
Architecture
The egyptians built temples
and tombs out of granite,
limestone, and sandstone. The
temple of Karnak was made
out of adobe brick at the very
top.
The Pyramids- The
Egyptians that built the
pyramids had to be very skilled.
The Pyramids also had great
monuments for the
kings/Pharaohs
11. Ancient Egyptian
Advanced Technologies
Hieroglyphics- The Egyptians used writing
called hieroglyphics which dates back to 3000
B.C. It was one of the hardest and
complicated form of writing which is composed
of over 1000 symbols. The symbols are
represented in sounds letters and words.
Papyrus-They were able to make sheets out
of Papyrus to make paper that you can write
on. Egyptians made the sheet a secret, so
they could sell parchment to other civilizations.