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Mesopotamia
-Geography
Fertile Crescent: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait
Land between two rivers
Seasonal rain
-Importance of the River
Tigris and Euphrates flow into Persian Gulf
Food and water for life, irrigation, transportation, trade between Egypt, India, China
-City/States
Umma, Kish, Ur, Babylon, Uruk, Lagash
-Culture
Sumerians and Akkadians
Lots to do with art
Hunting was popular
-Empires
Sargon a powerful leader that took over N. Mesopotamia
His empire, Akkadian Empire
Babylonian Empire located on the Euphrates River
-Empires End
Akkadian 2154 BC
People migrated south due to drought
Adopted culture of city dwellers and weakened the Babylonian Empire
Persians took over Babylonian Empire
-New People
(see above)
Nile
-Geography
Africa
One of the only rivers that flows North
To the Mediterranean Sea
Longest in the World through Egypt Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, etc.
-Importance of the River
Water supply
-City/States
small towns along the river
-Culture
Built pyramids to bury dead pharaohs
Giza is the largest of 80
pharaohs were mummified
worshiped more than one god-Pharaoh is the main god
wheat, barley, beans, cotton, leaks, cucumbers, cabbage, figs, melons, lettuce
-Empires
Egyptians
Sheep and Goats, farmland, pyramids
Small farm towns
-Empires End
-New People
Indus
-Geography
-Importance of the River
-City/States
-Culture
-Empires
-Empires End
-New People
*China- Yellow River
-Geography
-Importance of the River
-City/States
-Culture
Chinese began to live by the Yellow River 30 million years ago
Birthplace of Chinese civilizations
Most prosperous area in Chinese history
Gunpowder, paper making, compasses, printing all promoted culture throughout the world
Yellow is one of China's considered lucky colors-royalty, power (Yellow River, robes, skin color)
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/lucky-numbers-an...
-Empires
-Empires End
-New People
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