today we started presentations.
Mesopotamia- land between two rivers. baskets and potery was a big trade item, there was alot of flooding from the melting snow on the mountains. They would write on rocks to tell stories, they belived that the earth was flat, they had monthy festivles. bordering countries are iran, Jordan, Kuwwait, saudi arabia, the reason people settled there is for water, warm climate, and soil. Ashur is in modern day Iraqu.
nile- importance of the river animals and trade called the chief of transport. trading was very easy for the people of the nile. the people of the nile were called egyptians, most people went barefoot but some wore sandals. There religion was based on nature they had the sun god and god of the nile. The egyptians belived in life after death. 40 million people still live in the nile, we still use the nile river today. 3 civilizations were formed.
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