indus.
mud brick structures
fish farming , canals, key water resources. indus river feeds the ecosystem. mostly used for trading and irrigation. city was goverend by trading not military.
mesopotamia.
means between the river
river flows the moderen iraq
nothern part made up of hills
southern made of marshy areas
also calle fertile cresecnt
culture
songs writtin for important events, believed in over 3000 gods
each individual cities given a god
hunting was very popular as well as boxing and wrestling
women acted as individuals and brought uo to learn traditinal women roles in the culture
annual flood was unpredictable, many droughts and river water levels lowered
made it hard to water crops. and people starved and died and crops died and everything was ruined
6000 bc irrigation canals were made from rivers to fields and workers worked o n these and built dams to hold back water
from about 4500 bc there are settlements
first 5 city/states
eridu
bad-tibira
larsa
sippar
shurappak
had no foreestss for wood. used mud brick and plaster these materials crumbled easily
area had fee mountains or natural barriers
Comments