Religious life is still uncertain. It's similar to hinduism of modern times
children played with toys, men gambled, they played board games, they danced and play drums and tambourine
large variety of pottery
Harappa has 3 classes:
1. Religious elite
2. trading class
3. poor workers
We presented our group projects.
Nile River Valley-
Located in Africa, river goes through Egypt.
Used for travel
longest river in the world
floods from July to November, brought new rich soil for the Egyptians
The river was used for transportation
oxen pulled soughs and plows
animals and stuff
social structure:
King, Ruling Class, Craftsman, Farmers, Marginalized Groups, Slaves
Empires of the Early River Valley Civilizations-
Babylon
shields had writing on them
Indus had sanitation system
Yellow river- 1600-1046 B.C.
hunting and raising animals
mesopotamia isn't the first civilization
Nuzi, Ur, Assur
Uruk- 5000 BCE
nippur- sacred place
Between Tigris and Euphrates river in Irag, south gets a lot of rain
all trading was done between 4000 and 6000 bce
hunting, wrestling, polo, majore-like rugby
Anyang was built mainly of wood
Poor people lived in huts
The river is yellow because silt got in there and made it dirty
The river floods and destroys villages
only 10% of china's land is suitable for farming
The end of the empires:
The Assyrian Empire ended in 612 bc. their king was killed. Babylonians took over
Babylonia became a part of the persian empire, Persian babylonia.
Persian Empire fell to alexander the great
Nubia and egypt were two big river valley civilizations
egypt took over nubia, egypt still exists
Indus people starved and parts of the civilization flooded
nothing is certain about what happened to the indus civilization
People rebelled against the king of the xia
Shang dynasty ended when king zhou killed his son and ministers and eventually himself
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