Mesopotamia-land between 2 rivers.
Umma rivaled with lagash. Uruk was largest city. tigris river and Euphrates river. rivers used for water and for crops. 2 groups Sumerians and .... had art, hunting and sports. located in Fertile Crescent. Sargon was the creator of the worlds first empire. was called the Akkadian empire. Babylonian Empire was another empire.
Nile-located in Africa, flows north from east africa to Mediterranean sea. longest river in world.
Egyptians-settled along Nile around 5000BC, 4000BC domesticated some animals. built pyramids to burred dead pharaohs. 80 pyramids in all. mummified pharaohs and put organs in jars. they were polytheistic, worship more than 1 god. wild crocs and fish in the Nile. had cats as pets to kill rodents.
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