1st powerpoint - the nile river
*city-states barely had any food to plant.
*3 seasons- Akhet, Peret, and Shemu. flooding, growing, and harvesting.
* built mud brick resevoirs to trap and hold water.
*pesents hunted for the rich.
*Economy- because of the nile river the early river valley would have surplus of crops.
* Culture- Solcial structure- King, ruling class, craftesmen, farmers, and slaves. Religion- polytheisyic religion or believing in multiple gods. Wrote using hieroglyphics.
longest river- 4,100 miles in length.
* geography- nile goes throught lakines in Burundi, TAnzania, uganda, and ethiopia. The flooding of the nile was very predictable.
2nd powerpoint- Early River Civilizations
*Mesopotamia- today made up of iraq, syria, turkey, iran.
*Nile- ended because of terrible floods. Tried building leaves and dams. Home to Egyptian Empire.
*Indus- River changed the course. Floods didn't fertilize the fields so there soild unfertile. There also was a large monsoon. Ended around 1300 B.C.
* Yellow- Shang dynasty ended around 1046B.C. Flows through nine provinces of china.
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