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Nile River Valley
- Located in Africa
-Goes through Egypt
-It was necessary for farming
-They used the river for traveling
-Its the longest river in the world (4150 miles)
-The Nile would flood every year from July to November
- The flooding was important because it brought new rich soil for the Egyptians
- It also washed away all of the waste
-The surrounding seas protected them from war and disease
- The river was used for transportation since it runs north-south
-The valley contains deposits of granite sandstone and limestone which were used for building materials
- They used hand soughs
-had oxen pull larger soughs
-They used goats and other animals to walk on the ground after planting to pack the seeds down
-Crops: barley leeks garlic wheat lentils turnips plums melons figs flax onions beans lettuce radishes grapes and cabbage
-harvest march-may
-used sickles to cut grin tied them into bundles and carried them away
- wheat bread bareley beer flax linen cloth
-papyrus reeds grew along the Nile made into sandals mats baskets boat and paper
-harvested fruit and vegetables
- religion: polytheistic multiple gods
-they built pyramids
-traveled on large boats
-Their economy depended mostly on the farmers
-social structure, kind ruling class craftsman farmers marginalized groups(normal people) slaves
-The Nile river was necessary for life in the early Nile river valley civilizations
-it helped them with traveling farming and building
Kingdoms Empires
- Mesopotamian(powerful state in ancient world
-Most fertile and rich parts of ancient world
-kings are called first dynasty of Babylon
-Babylon is the capital
-Jews were held there for 70 years
-Babylon means "Gate of Gods"
-Babylon is located in the land of Shinar
-Babylonia was an ancient empire that was in the near East in Southern Mesopotamia in between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers
-Babylonia was a long narrow country about 40 mile wide and an area of about 8000sq miles
-Death penalty-The death penalty was prescribe for theft murder adultery kidnapping etc
- marriage
-The first Dynasty( Nile)
- There is no definite ending so many historians combine dynasties 1 and 2
-Historians obtain this information from tombs
-The last pharaoh of the 2nd dynasty was Khasekhemwy
-He married Nemathap ending the second Dynasty
-The marriage strengthen the unity of the upper kingdom of the upper kingdom and lower kingdom of Egypt
-Their son Djoser was the first pharaoh of the Third Dynasty
- The Indus Arose about 2500 BC
-There has been 1056 settlements found
-Two major cities Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
-They are called the Harappan culture
-People who developed the civilization are unknown
-Advanced in technology
-Crated first known incantation system
-Strong and stable government
-Written language undeciphered
-The Yellow River Civilization(china)
-Shang Dynasty
-First family of chinese rulers that left a written record
-Build palaces and tombs
-Ruled Yellow river Valley in 2nd millennium BC defeating the Xia (shyah) Dynasty
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