The document provides information about several ancient civilizations including Egypt, China, Atlantis, Aztec Empire, and Babylonia. It describes the key locations, time periods, peoples, and notable structures/sites of each civilization. The civilizations covered span from 2100 BC to the early 20th century AD, with Egypt and China having the longest durations from 3000-4000 years.

1. Lost civilisations
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3. 3100 BC- King MENES unites Egypt.
2585 BC- the construction of the great pyramids
of Giza begins.
2050 BC- after years of turmoil reunification of
Egypt under Mentuhoteps II.
1153 BC- The last of the big faraones Ramess II. is
dying

4.  The big leaders of Egypt needed a peaceful place to be put in
after they die, so while they were alive they were building
massive complexes named pyramids.
 It is almost impossible for us to understand how people could
build something so complicated without the technology we have
today. They used a special technique (the upper picture)
 The inside of the pyramid was very complicated there were a lot
of rooms for not only the pharaoh but also for his family, objects
for the after life and even mummified pets.

5. 1. Re- The god Re sometimes also called Ra is a impersonation of
the sun. The pharaohs used to believe that they are his sons.
2. Hathor- Hathor the daughter of Re was one of the most
important goddesses from ancient Egypt. The beautiful Hathor
was a goddess of love, music and dance. She looked after all the
female. She was pictured either as a beautiful young lady or as a
cow with a sun between her horns.
3. Anubis- This mystic god with a head of a black canine beast
mostly recognized as a jackal was a son of goddess Nebthet and
her brother Usir. He accompanied the dead to the next world
and showed them the way.
4. Thovt- He was the god of wisdom, writing and counting. He
was portrayed like a clerk with a head of a ibis or like a baboon.
People said that it was Thovt who invented writing and letters.

6. 5. Usir- Usir, in Greece Osiris, was a god of fertility and a
protector of plants. He married his sister Eset (more info.
Down below). Usir was chopped into 14 pieces by his brother
Sutech. Eset found all of the pieces except for his penis and she
sowed them back together . The story is also a legend about
how mummies were „invented“.
6. Eset- also known under a Greek name Isis is goddess of magic,
heal but also bread and beer. She was Sutech´s, Nebthet´s and
Usir´s sister but also Usir´s wife. Usir and Eset were in love
their marriage wasn´t just about policy.
7. Hor- The falcon god Hor , son of Eset and Usir was the most
important god in ancient Egypt. People were saying that the
moon and the sun are actually the two of his eyes. He was
impersonated as a man with a falcon head, a sun with wings or
as a baby sucking milk from the breast of his mother.

7. 1. 3. 5. -6.
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2. 4.

8.  Why did they mummify dead?- Egyptians believed, that the
body of their dead beloved has to be buried in good condition
because he will still need it in after life.
 The proces- First body organs that subject rapid decomposition
were removed. (liver, stomach, intestines, lungs), afterwards they
removed the brain throughthe nostrils, the worst thing that
could go wrong is if the embalmers removed the heart from the
body. The guts were placed into special containers called canopy
jars (the upper picture). The eviscerated body was left in natron
for seventy days which dehydrated it COMPLETLY . After seventy
days the embalmers cleaned the body and started to bandage it
with strips of linen fabric.

9. 1. Djoser (cca 2617-2599 BC)- He built the first step pyramid in
Sakkar near Kahira.
2. Khufu (cca2538-2516 BC)- More known under a Greece name
Cheops , built the Great pyramid and his son Rachef built the
Grate Sphinx.
3. Hatshepsut (1478-1456 BC)- After her husband Thutmose II.
died she decided to become a pharaoh. She made herself
unforgettable when she started appearing as a man on
paintings and statues.
4. Thutmose III. (1478-1425 BC)- He was a step-son of
Hatshepsut, he was the greatest conqueror of Ancient egypt,
he made 17 military expeditions in 20 years and he alway won.

10. 5. Achnaton (1353-1336 BC)- Achnaton, husband of the beautiful
Nefertiti, worshiped only one single god the solar disk Aton. In his
honor he changed his name from Amenhotep IV. And he built a new
capital city named Achetaton. After his death Achetaton was
demolished and the people went back into worshipping the old gods.
6. Tutanchamon (1335-1326 BC)- Tutanchamon ruled for a very short
time, he died at the age of 18. He is known because of his tomb which
was found by Howard Carter. The tomb is complete because the
thieves didn´t find it.
7. Ramesse II. (1279-1213 BC)- He ruled for 66 years, he had 8 wifes ,a lot
of concubines and 112 children. He built many towns and
sanctuaries. He built two rock temples and one of them he
consecrated for his favourite wife, Nefertari.
8. Kleopatra (51-30 BC)- She was the last queen from the Ptolemaian
genus, she wanted to protect the independence of her country so she
seduced two chieftains from Rome, first Ceasar and then Mark
Antony. When she failed to rescue her country she forced a cobra
into biting her.

11. 1. 3. 5.
2. 4.

12. 6. 8.
7.

13. Books
 Velká kniha o Egyptě- Leo Brown
 Starověký egypt-Stewart Ross
 Egypt: 200 otázek a odpovědí-
 Děsivé dějiny- Egypt
 Kleopatra- Adéle Gerasová
 Egypt: říše faraonů- Susanne Rebscher

14. ANCIENT CHINA

15. WHERE WAS IT?
It was at the South-East of Asia.
China exists even now, but seriously
more modern. It was modernized, when
The Chinese emperor was deposed
In 20th century.

16. WHO LIVED THERE?
• Chinese people were short, clever, obedient and polite.
• They usually wore silk robes ----->

17. WHAT COULD WEE SEE THERE?
• Chinese people built many wondeful buildings, like the Great Wall of China
(1st page), the Temple of Heaven, or the Shaolin temple. There are some
other awesome things, like the Terracotta army, or
• the Forbidden City.

18. HOW LONG THE CIVILISATION LASTED?
• This civilisation started about 2100 BC, and ended, when the emperor of
China was deposed by Kuomin Tang – political party, which supported the
modernization of China – in the 20th century AD. So, it lasted for cca 4000
years.

19. Ancient china
2100 B.C.-1912A.C.
(dynasties period)

20. Where was it
• It was on the place of
modern China, but from the
beginning they were
crumbled to many small
states, which fought, so
their territory was unstable.

21. Who lived there ?
• There lived Asians, they were
local residents, bacause China is
one of
“the cradles of civilization“

22. What did they have ?
• They discovered gunpowder
and fireworks, compass,
paper, pasta and rice and
something like a primitive
seismometer.

23. What were the peoples like ?
• People were very clever, they
invented a lot discoveries,
which are used even today.
• They were small with slanting
eyes

24. What could we see there ?
• We can see a lot sights like
Great Wall and a lot temples

25. How long did the civilisation last ?
• This civilisation has existed more
than 4000 years and then Chinese
Republic was proclaimed in 1912.

27.  Atlantis is a legendary
continent
 The existence of this
continent has never been
conclusively confirmed
 The only source of
information is Plato's writings

28.  Atlantis had to be somewhere
beyond the Pillars of Hercules
 Atlantis was very fertile and densely
populated country
 There lived an advanced
civilization
 Poseidon ruled Atlantis, the god of
the seas
 They knew how to read, write and
count

29.  In the middle of the
capital there was the
Temple of Poseidon
 In Atlantis there were two
sources, one hot and the
other cold water
 There were many spas
 They traded with other
civilizations
 Atlantis was destroyed by

30. AZTEC EMPIRE

31. •The Aztec empire was in pre-
Columbian America, and covered
the territory of Mexico

32. •Aztecs were strong people and
they looked like Indians

33. •Aztec people were very clever and
they had their own alphabet and
system of mathematics

34. •We could see there big temples,
mysterious symbols and statues

35. •Aztec empire was around for over
190 years until the Spanish people
destroyed their cities and killed
them

36. Babylonian
civilization

37. Babylonia
Babylonia was the part of southern Mesopotamia in todays
Iraq. The center of Babylonia was the city Babylon on
the river Euphrates.
• Babylonian
empire

38. Babylonians
Babylonians were really good in architecture and skilled, they
made beautiful jewelry. They were very clever. They had their
own font, language, calendar and their own system of
mathematics.
• Babylonian
font
• Babylonian mathematics system

39. Babylonian cities
The most important Babylonian city was Babylon. The
Euphrates river flowed through the middle of the city
and a wide and deep moat encircled the city. Also
there were a lot of towers and brass gates.
• Ancient city of Babylon

40. The Code of Hammurabi
The code of Hammurabi is the Babylonian code, issued by
king Hammurabi, belong among the oldest codes at all. At
the top of a basalt monolith is illustrated author of that
code, king Hammurabi, praying to the god of the sun and
justice, Shamash. Monolith has been planted in the ground
and exposed in a public place in Babylon.
• Basalt stele of
Hammurabi Code

41. Babylonian astrology
Babylonians were really good at astrology too.
Babylonian astrology is historically one of the first
astrological tradition in Mesopotamia. Their
astrological system used a lunar calendar and worked
with five characters of the Babylonian gods (Marduk,
Ishtar, Ninib, Nabu, Nergal).
• Babylonian lunar
calendar

42. Babylonian
architecture

43. Ishtar gate
Ishtar gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon,
it was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar. The gate
was lined with walls showing about 120 lions, bulls, dragons
and flowers on enameled yellow and black glazed bricks,
symbolizing the goddess Ishtar.
• Original part of the
Ishtar Gate

44. Hanginggardens of
Babylon
Hanging gardens were one of the wonders of the ancient
world. The water there was pumped from the river by
hydraulic pumps.
• Hanging gardens
now ↑

45. The tower of Babel
(Babylon)
The Tower of Babel was according to the biblical book of Genesis
enormous building, which was reaching up to the sky. According
to the Bible all people in the result of the flood united and spoke
the same language. People decided to build a tower up to heaven
to celebrate ourselves. That means, the tower was built to the
glory of man, not God. God had divided the previously single
human language in multiple languages and people scattered
throughout the country, because he did not like that the temple
should belong to someone other than himself.
• Different ideas of the Tower of Babel

46. Extinction of Babylonia
Since the end of the 3rd century BC Parthians began
to threaten Babylonia, and in the second half of the
next century, they totally dominated Babylonia. The
ultimate end to the development of ancient Babylonia
presents to Arab expansion in the 7th century AD.
• The ruins of
Babylon

47. The end
KATEŘINA ŠMÍDOVÁ

48. Classical Greece
Ancient civilisations dating from the 6th century
BC.
This civilisation settled Peloponnese peninsula and
some islands in Mediterranean Sea, like Kreta.

49. What were they like?
• They were very clever, and they were very interested in
architecture. They built a lot of great temples and statues
and there were a lot of famous philosophers.

50. History of ancient Greece
• In ancient Greece, there were a lot of cities-states. Some
states were stronger, like Sparta, Athens. Some states
were weaker, like Korynt. There were a lot of small wars
between cities-states. And that led to their disapearing.

51. Greek mythology
• There were a lot of gods, like Zeus and Artemis.

52. Islamic civilisation
‫اإلسالمية‬ ‫الدولة‬

53. Where was it and who lived there
• Islamic civilisation was in Asie, Europe and Africa.
• There lived muslims and now in the World live
1,6bilion muslims.
What did they have?
- They had arabic script, arabic numbers, ancient
texts and explosives.

54. What were people like
•People were very clever and women
wore burqa – clothes for full body

55. What could we see there
•We could see there big palaces and
Mosques

56. How long did the civilisation
last?
•Islamic civilisation has been from 7th
century until today there.

57. Mesopotamia

58. • This empire was situated near rivers
Eufrat and Tigris
• Northern Mesopotamia is made up of
hills and plains
• Southern Mesopotamia is made up of
marshy areas and wide, flat, plains
• Now, there is Turkey

59. • Mesopotamia has been conquered
many times, by many different
peoples.
• It was the heartland of the
Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and
Assyrian empires.
• As each new group moved into the
region they adopted some of the
culture, traditions and beliefs of the
people who had come before.

60. • Mesopotamian people invented
many technologies including
metal and copper-working, glass
and lamp making, textile weaving,
flood control, water storage, and
irrigation.
• They had their own alphabet

61. • People were very clever,
invetive
• We could see very
interesting palaces

62. • It created 6 millennium BC
• It disappeared in 637

63. PERSIA
‫فارس‬

64. POSTITION
• Persia was in Asia.
• Today, there are Iran and Islamic Republic

65. Who lived there??
There were two empires. Together they are calling Persia Empire
• Achaimen (550-330 BC.)
• But in both of them lived Arabs.
• They had their own religion Zoroastrianism, but after
time (7th century) Zoroastrianism was replaced by
Islam.
• Sasan (224-651)

66. What did they have?
• They had lots of buildings, palaces and cities.
• It was one of the biggest empires and they had the
biggest army in their time.

67. People
• People were aggresive and they had lots of wars.
The most famous was Greco-Punic wars.
• In ancient time they had slavers.

68. • Today we can see here ruins of cities (like
Persepolis) and some religious buildings are there
to this day.

69. The civilisation
• The civilisation lasted for 650 years like Persia, but
they were under dominions of Macedonians and
Parths.

70. Pompeii

71.  Pompeii was an ancient Roman town near
modern Naples.

72.  Pompeii and many villages in the surrounding
area, was mostly destroyed and buried under
4 to 6 m of volcanic ash and pumice in the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

73.  Researchers believe that the town was founded
in the seventh or sixth century BC.
 Population of town was estimated at 11,000
people, and the city had a complex water system,
an amphitheater, gymnasium, and a port.
 An estimated 16,000 people died from the
eruption.
 The site was lost for about 1,500 years until its
initial rediscovery in 1599 and broader
rediscovery almost 150 years later by Spanish
engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre in 1748.

74. Sparta

75. Sparta
900 BC - 192 BC
Sign
Sparta was an ancient Greek city and the
capital of the same named city-state called also
Lukedaimon. Spartan citizens called their
community "natural protector of Greece"
and their kings believed that they were
descendants of the mythical hero Hercules.

76. City of Sparta was on the right bank of the
river Eurotás, at the north end of central
Laconia plain lying between the mountains of
Parnon in the east and Taygétos in the west.
Site

77. In Sparta lived Spartans, Perioiks and Helots. All
together were called Lakedaimonans.
The people were honest and brave. Sparta was
marked by exceptional equality of its citizens. People
were also very strong. They spoke Doric Greek.
Residents

78. Men
The boys were left with their families to the age of seven,
then they were taken away from them, whereupon they
began joint military education ( agoge ), where they spent
until the thirtieth year of their life all the time together.
As Plutarch notes :
„Upbringing covered the man to adulthood. Nobody could live,
how would he wanted, but they had just as in a military camp
and a mode of life circumscribed by service to community, and
employment set for general needs, because they believed that they
not belong to themselves, but to their homeland…“

79. Women
Spartan women enjoyed exceptional status, influence
and respect that were absolutely incomparable with the
conditions of women in any other ancient society.
Typical for the Spartan women was their self-
confidence, which shows the famous sentence Gorgone,
wife of King Leonid: „We're just born a man!"

80. Decline
In the Middle Ages was Sparta after the establishment
nearby Byzantine city Mystra completely abandoned.
Urban renewal came until in 1834, when the Greek
King Otto I founded the modern Sparta.

81. China
4 THOUSANDS YEARS AGO

82. Ancient China
In east Asia. An agriculture started along the river huang–he
(yellow river) and Jang-ć-t´iang (long river). There was a
hot summer with monsoons.

83. Skills
The Asians. They were clever and skilled. They are good at
Astronomy, Chemistry, Healing,

84. What could they do?
They could make porcelain and silk. Silk is a material from
silkworm (animal like a butterfly).
And special font where 1 symbol was 1 word.
They also invented: compass,
gunpowder, paper and rudder

85. People
They were small with slanting eyes and yellow skin. They were
peaceful but they came out wrong badly with huns
(therefore they built a huge Chinese wall)

86. The Great Wall
the Chinese civilisation still exists!

87. Vikings
JANA VEŠTŠÍKOVÁ

88. Where did they live?
 They lived in Scandinavia.
 Denmark, Norway, Sweden

89. Who lived there?
 Vikings were warriors.
 They were barbaric, brave and wild.
 They were very good sailors and swimmers.
 They hunted deer, fish and bears.
 They ate nuts, meat and bread.

90. What did they have?
 Vikings lived in small villages.
 Their houses were big. In the center of the
house, there were big fireplaces. They
cooked there.They slept on animal skins
because they did not have beds.
 Weapons:
 They have lots of weapons. Especialy swords.

91. What were the people
like?
 People were tall, they had blond or red hair
and blue eyes and strict cheeks.
 Vikings wore something comfortable. They
wore cotton or woolen clothing.

92. What could we see
there?
Vikings had lots of myths an legends.
 Boats:
1. Drakkar
2. Snekkar
3. Knarr

93. How long did the
civilisation last?
 The civilisation last from 8th to 11th
century.

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