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.
China Yellow River-goes for 3398 miles making it the second river in the world. supplies water to 155 million people. moved to the basin about 30 million years ago. Xia dynasty went from 21st century to 17th century. Shang Dynasty took over after that from 17th century to the 11 century.
Worked on our civilization projects with much gusto.I am done and have been for awhile now.The Indus Valley had mainly an urban culture. They relied on an overabundance of crops from a large amount of farming. They also had a lot of trading and commerce with other civilizations. They were very religious having many religious centers throughout the town. The Indus valley's inhabitants were somewhat organized in their building system, using copper or stone markers in front of houses to identify different families. They also invented cock fighting.
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