The Nile River- had irrigation canals, used shadufs to lift water from canals, early river civilizations would have a surplus of crops therefore they would be able to sell it, the culture had a king, queen, ruling class, craftsmen, farmers, slaves. The Nile usually deposited the nutrients needed for the food. They believed in many gods, wrote in hieroglyphics, the Menes were the first dynasty. They built houses outta mud bricks. Stretches across half of Africa, gets it water from mountains. The flooding was very predictable.
Early River Civilization- Mesopotamia civilization was bad, water would sit on the fields and leave salt behind, the salt would kill the crops and made land unfertile, wouldnt have enought food, Babylonian empire ended around 1600bc, known as Iraq today. Nile ended becuz of flooding, tried making dams and levees, but when they broke the houses washed away, home of Egyptain empire. Indus river changed its course, floods didnt fertilize the fields so there soil became unfertile, Harappan civilization ended in 1300bc. Yellow River, the Shang dynasty ended around 1046bc, flooding wiped out the economy and therefore the civilization died.
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