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Dandenong High School
VCE Ancient History
In VCE Ancient History, students study the development of civilisation in both Mesopotamia, which occupies parts of modern-day Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria and Kuwait, and Egypt.
Students study these how these civilisations worked including, how they are organised, their religion and writing systems. When learning about these ancient civilisations, one of the main sources we use, is the writing that they leave below in clay tablets and monuments inscribed with these ancient languages.
Clay tablet with a contract for the sale of a field and a house in cuneiform, city of Shuruppak, circa 2600 BCE.
Clay tablet with a contract for the sale of a field and a house in cuneiform, city of Shuruppak, circa 2600 BCE.
To students better understand sources from this time, they learnt how to write their own names and the names of gods and rulers in Mesopotamian cuneiform or Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Below are some examples.
Mr White
Ancient History Teacher