1.Similarities between the government & society of the 3 ancient civilisations?
The 3 ancient civilisations were all ruled by kings.
2.Differences between the government & society of the 3 ancient civilisations?
Ancient India was ruled by kings where the Council Of Ministers would advise them on how to rule.The kings were regarded as being divine or god-like.There were many kings ruling different parts of Ancient India.They ruled in the capital where their power was the strongest and the weakest at the border zones.In Ancient China,they had a system called feudalism where the kingdoms were divided into feudal states.The lands were given to the feudal shi who would give tributes to the king and be loyal to the king.The feudal shi governed people on his land and sent soldiers to war.In Ancient Southeast Asia,several kings ruled over different sizes of the kingdom.The mrantan was in charge of matters like taxation,justice & army and the organising in the kingdom.The ruling of the vassel states in Meleka Sultanate was similar with Ancient China but the difference was that the lands were given to Sultan's relatives.
For society in Ancient India,people were divided according to jobs(varnas).At that time,people could move from 1 varna to another.After that,varnas was divide into Jatis.People inherit the job from their parents.They could not change to another Jatis.In Ancient China,during Shang dynasty,people were divided into 2 broad classes,the ruling and the working class.Their class they were in were passed down to their child.During Zhou dynasty,working class further divided into 4 smaller classes that were ranked schol;ars,farmers,craftsmen,traders.During Han dyansty,meritocracy.In Ancient Sountheast Asia,people were divided into ruling,trading & priestly and working class.People could move from 1 class to another.
3.How similar or different is their systems with S'pore's?
The meritocracy system in Ancient China is similar with Singapore's because in Singapore,those who studies more and have more and better certificates,they get better jobs no matter if they are poor or rich.Singapore has a unitary rule which is similar with Ancient China as we have standard measures & coins,same laws for everyone and same punishments.