We presentated.
Nile River Valley
- located in africa goes through egypt
- longest river in the world
- necessary for farming
- used for traveling
- floods july- november
- flood brought rich soil and washed away waste around the river
- surrounding seas protected them from war and disease
- contains deposits of granite, sandstone, and limestone used for building materials
- hand soughs, oxen pulled larger soughs, lots of crops, goats and other animals walked to plant seeds down
- harvesting march-may
- multiple gods
- pyramids
- large boats
- economy depended on farmers
- king->ruling class->craftsman->farmers->marginalized groups->slaves
The Early River Valley CIvilizations
- Mesopotamian The Babylonian Empire
- powerful state
-fertile and rich
-babylon means "gate of gods"
-located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
-babylonia was a long, narrow country. 40 miles wide
-had written set of rules they had to abide by
- The Nile The First Dynasty
-3100 B.C- 2890 B.C.
- lower kingdom of egypt
-founded by the egyptian pharaoh Narmer
- narmer palette was the first object to have hieroglyphic writing on it
- The Nile The Second Dynasty
-2890-2686 B.C.
-capital- Thinis
-Hotepsekhemy was the founder of the second dynasty
-put to death if harmed a cat
- Indus
-had a strong and stable government
-advanced technological systems
- The Yellow River Civilation
-Shang Dynasty
-1600-1046 B.C.
-Monarchy
-language- old chinese
-civilization based on agriculture, lots of hunting and animal care
-fought a lot of wars with neighboring settlements
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