Mesopotamia- means the land between two rivers, Uruk was the largest city in mesopotamia, babylon means the gates of gods, Rivers- Tigris river, euphrates river, Snow contributes to the rivers in iraq, Used for suppy and irrigation of the crops, transportation, Culture- Sumerians, and Akkadians, Schooling was only for royal children, The land is fertile with seasonal rains, Leader was sargon, his empire was called the Akkadian, The babylonian empire had a strong civiliztion until they adopted the culture of city dwellers.
Nile river- Located in africa, Goes between the white nile and the blue nile,, one of the only rivers that flows north, beccause it comes out of the mountains, egyptians settled along the nile river around 5,000 BC, 3,000 BC began irrigation of farmland, 2,660 BC started building their first pyramid, built pyramids to burry the dead pharoahs, 80 pyramids in all, Religion- polytheistic means they worship more than one god, pharaoh is their main god, Animals- wild crocodiles and many fish
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