today we are going to share our presentations and learn about other peoples countrys.
MESOPOTAMIA
- where pythagrean therom was become in. greek meaning of greek "land between two rivers".
-euphrates was the calmest river around mesopotamia.Tigris was a very rapid and crazy river.
- buried people with some items, such as the clay writtings.
-few trees, very little rain fall. they traded for stone, wood and metal.
Today we continued our presentations:
Mesopopatamia - Greek for the land between two rivers-
Trade and Commerce were important between the Tigris and Euphrates river. -Euphrates was the calm river and the Tigris was very aggressive and caused most of the flooding.
-Had about 3,000 Gods.
Lack of resources:
-Few trees
-Very little rainfall
-Traded their surplus for stone, wood and metal.
Then we presented our presentation on the Nile River.
YELLOW RIVERR
Flows from Central to Eastern China.
Got the color from the yellow clay, "loess"
Areas around the Yellow River and the Yangzte River merge -- great food producing areas.
They had to grow their own crops and livestock in order to supply for themselves considering they couldn't trade because of the mountains.
They believe in supernatural powers and so when they needed something they asked the gods for it.
Family was the most important thing in the Chinese culture - The father was the leader of the family.
Emperors and Kingdoms
Xia Dynasty is known to be the first dynasty in China.
Shang believed in sacrifices.
Mesopotamia - Babylon nation was founded by Samuabum.
--55 miles south of Bagdad.
The new kingdom expanded its borders through military conquest and became a world power.
Indus River Valley-
In present day Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and China.
The river provided good soil for crops and means for transportation.
Worshiped animals.
-Both men and women wore necklaces and finger rings.
Women wore nose and ear rings.
Indus River Valley
-in southwest Asia
-branched into 7 rivers, but only 5 left today.
-lots of Forrest, jungles and deserts as well as vast plains and delta
-used for trade
-flooding fertilized the ground and it irrigated their crop as well as got used for drinking water
-gods names died with civilization
-wore necklaces, bangles, armlets, rings and piercings
The decline of the early river valley civilizations:
-mesopotamian empires were attacked by amorites and known as akkadian empire
-leader neuchadenezzar- very powerful.
-ancient egypt empire- along the nile river
-most powerful during ramesside period
not much is known about the shang dynasty, shangs dynasty was killed by by the leader of zhou clan
-floods destroyes the irrigations systems and buildings, they had flooding so they stopped taking care of their crops, beings civilations fell, aryans invaded and took over.
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