ere human-like and controlled the individual forces of nature. Inventions of this time included the wagon wheel, the twelve-month calendar, and a way of making tin. They used a form of writing known as Cuneiform to make ideograms that were later adapted by the Egyptians in their writing. In Egypt, this writing was known as Hieroglyphics.Nestled along the great Nile River around 2700 BCE, the civilization of the Egyptians grew much like the Sumerians into an agriculturally dependent society. A caste system was developed based on wealth and religious status, and the people were given the opportunity to advance in the classes. Their belief in polytheism compared greatly to that of the Sumerians with nearly human gods representing nature. An obvious exchange in building techniques between these two societies presents itself in the shrines of Sumeria and the pyramids of Egypt. Furthermore, the people of Egypt advanced quickly in the area of medicine and used this knowledge to care for the bodies they laid to rest in the pyramids.In the subcontinent of India about the time of 2500 BCE, the Aryan civilization was rising along the Indus River and spreading quickly. They had to deal with the extremities of the land and used the river for irrigation just like previous societies. The people of this development were born into specific castes and were not given the ability to advance to higher classes. They too believed in polytheism and slowly developed Hinduism, which became the dominant religion of India. The Aryans traded goods such as bronze and copper with the Mesopotamians, which clearly represents an active exchange between these civilizations. They also developed the language of Sanskrit that began as a spoken dialect and evolved into a written form. Through the early development of all of these societies, individual characteristics were formed that were passed along. Some exchanges were as active as direct trade, while others...
