Mesopotamia- Some of the city states, Umma, Kish, Ur, Lagash, Uruk, Babylon.
River. The Tigris, and The Eupharates
Importance
- Gave surplus of food and life
- irrigation for crops
- water transportation and trade
Culture
- Schooling was only for the rich
- They had a lot to do with art
Geography
- Reffered to as the fertile Cresent
- land between the Tigris and the Eupharates
- temperatures are hot
Empire
- Sargon- was the creator of the worlds first empire
- His empire was called the Akadian empire
- had to most fertile soil in the world
- they had a severe drought and people migrated to the south ending the empire
- The persians captured the Babylonian empire( 539 B.C)
- New comers had different views on war and how to live
- Through generations tribal vustoms were lost
Nile
River
- It is located in Africa
- one of the only rivers that flows north because it comes out of the mountains
- it is the longest river in the world
Egyptians
- settled arou nd 5000 B.C
- in 2660 they built thier first pyrimaid
- Lived in small towns used camels
- Pyramids were built to burry the dead pharoahs
- They mumiffied thier pharaohs and put their organs in jars
- They were polytheistic which ment they worship more then one god
- monotheistic means only worshiping one god
- Indus
- China Yellow River
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