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The Nile River
- They grew wheat and barley, veggies, fig, melons.
- AKhet- Flooding season (june=Sept)
- Peret- Growing Season (october- Feb.)
- Economy- the river would have a surplus of crops therefore they would be to sell the surplus.
- Culture- King, craftmen, farmers ruling class, slaves.
- Religion- Polytheistic, or believeing in mutiple gods
- Wrote using hieroglyphics
- Longest River.
Early River Civilzations
- Nile- Ended because of flooding, they tried building leaves and dams.
- Indus- the river changed course, there was a large monsoon.
- Yellow- The Shang Dynasty which ended around 1046 B.C, the Wei Valley is the birthplace of many chinese civilzations.
Indus River
- Harappa- built on mud-brick platforms to protect it from flooding,
- They are literate people.
- Total rain fall is between 5-20 inches.
- Longest and most important river in pakistan.
- Mostly used for trading and irrgation
The Beginning of the Empires
- Nile- settled around 7000 years ago.
- Yellow- Cradle of Chinese civilization, the first dynasty of China was the Xia Dynasty.
- Akkadin- had a monarchy government.
- Indus- realy no empire around the river.
Yellow
- Also known as the Hungan River
- Its the longest largest river in China. Known as the muddest
- Supplies water to 12 percent of China
- Each year the river takes in 1.5 billion tons of soil.
- Four differnt kinds of religion- Taoism, Buddhism, Islamism, and Catholcism.
- Its yellow becayse of silt from nearby deserts in which the water absorbs and carries.
- Orginally known as the Huang He River.
- Acient china called it the mother river because of its great size.
- Only 10 percent of Chinas land is fertile, crops are mainly grown on hills
- Major crops- wheat, rice, peanuts, potatoes, corn, barely.
- The river stretches across china over 2900 miles.
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