Thrusday, August 30, 2012

Jordan Good, Andrew Watts, Chancey, Robert, and Cody- The Nile River

Economy- The early River valley Civilization woild have a surprise of crops to be able to sell

Social structure- ruler of the Land
Had special status
Female companion also had special status
Most people are farmers
Agriculture- The Nile usually deposited the nutrients needed for growing food on top
Culture- They believed in many gods, they believed humans form and the government
Wrote using hieroglyphics
building and structure was made out of mud blocks
Pyramids
Large boats to travel
They are deserts to the east and to the west of the nile, and moutains to the east.
Longest river in the world 4,100 miles long
Geography- The nile gets its water from the moutains
If the river flooded, just a few feet lower than the usual

Nate Cave, Caleb Rihner, Trey Lansman, Zach Gross, and Dallon Bendorf- Early River Civilizations

Irrigation was good and bad for the civilation
Water should sit on field and eleporate and leaves salt behind
Mesopotamia- Was made up of people from summer, Acadian, Assyrian, and Babylon Empires
Ended in 1600 B.C.
Nile- ended because of flooding
They broke the clay houses washed away there crops died and there animals were washed away.
Indus River- Changed course
Floods didn't fertilize the fields ao there soil became un fertile
There are large Monsoon
People that were living on the Indus were Buddhists of Ladahk
Yellow- Shang dynasty ended around 1046 B.C.
It flows through nine provinces of China
Flooding is a major problem for the river civilizations

Taylor Davis, Jordan Andersen, Shelby Jacobsen- Mesopotamia

It means in Greek Between the rivers
The river flows through Modern Iraq
Its called the Fertile Crescent and includes many countries
Cultures- Songs were written for the gods but many were written for inportant events
Most of the music was to make the rulers laugh but they were also enjoyed by other people
Believed in over 3,000 gods
Each city was given a certain god.
Everyone was ready for marriage after they hit puberity
Irrigation- Flood unpredictable, came sometime between April and June
Farmers didn't know when to plant or grow crops
6000 B.C. imigration canels were made carried water from rivers to fields
History- 2 rivers are the tigris and the Euphrates. The Euphrates is the one on the left in the map.
Cities and states- Eridu, Bad-tibira, Larsa, Sippar, Shurppak
Has no forest for wood lacked building materials

Nick Kaufman, Zach Wingert, Andrew Nippert, Joey Hanson, and Douglas Deuel- Empires

settlements began around 7,000 years ago
Gradually developed into more and more complex societies
Narmer- leader ruled other kingdoms which then caused army to come in, then leading to 3 divided kingdoms- upper, lower and middle
The first dynasty of china was the Xia dynasty
Akkadain language was akkadian and Sumerian
Religion was Sumerian and that means Mythology, Pantheon, rites, and Cosnology of the civilization
Monarchy government
Indus River- No empire around the Indus River
IVC is also know as Harppan Civilization
500 Harappans sites have been discovered along the fried up river beds of the Chaggar- Hakra river.

Hunter Nielsen, Cale Stork, Beiker, Todd Muell, Zach Andersen- Yellow River

Second longest river in China
Supplies 12% pf chinese population
1.5billion ton of soil a year
26 times and produced more than 1500 floods
Ancient China was said to have 4 different kinds of religions Taoism, Buddhism Islamism, and Catholicism
The cause of the Yellow river is because of SIlt form nearbu deserts in which the water absorbs and carries, they say the waves look like Chocolate milk
Major Cities- Lanzhou, Yinchon, Hhot, Zhangzhou, Jinan
Tourist enjoy the nagnificent scenary of the river and also enjoy learning about ancient Chinese culture.
Was know as the Huang He River. It got it's color from the water it looked like silt
Ancient China called it the Mother River because of the size.
10% of Chinas land is fertile and well enough to grow good crops. The reason if this is because if the high mountains ranges running though makes it had to grow certain crops.
Major Crops are Wheat, tea, apples, peanuts, Potatoes, corn and Cotten
In 1931 there was flood and it killed 1 million to 4 million people
Ancient China was built along 2 main rivers, the Yangtze in the south and the yellow river in the North.
Many moutainous country and is difficult to farm. Rice is the main crop and needs a great amount of water to grow properly.

Bronze age civilization
really no empire around the river
Indus Valley Civilization also know as Harappan
went across Pakistan and northwestern India
more then 500 site discovered for Harappan civilization only 100 found on the Indus River

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