The Nile River- had irrigation canals, used shadufs to lift water from canals, early river civilizations would have a surplus of crops therefore they would be able to sell it, the culture had a king, queen, ruling class, craftsmen, farmers, slaves. The Nile usually deposited the nutrients needed for the food. They believed in many gods, wrote in hieroglyphics, the Menes were the first dynasty. They built houses outta mud bricks. Stretches across half of Africa, gets it water from mountains. The flooding was very predictable.
Early River Civilization- Mesopotamia civilization was bad, water would sit on the fields and leave salt behind, the salt would kill the crops and made land unfertile, wouldnt have enought food, Babylonian empire ended around 1600bc, known as Iraq today. Nile ended becuz of flooding, tried making dams and levees, but when they broke the houses washed away, home of Egyptain empire. Indus river changed its course, floods didnt fertilize the fields so there soil became unfertile, Harappan civilization ended in 1300bc. Yellow River, the Shang dynasty ended around 1046bc, flooding wiped out the economy and therefore the civilization died.
Indus River- Harappa, partially built on mud brick platforms to protect it from flooding. The people of the Indus river are literate people. Mohenjo- Daro, only civilazation to have a private bathroom and toilet in each house, means the hill of the dead. 5-20 inches of rain. Stretches across six countries, total drainage are is about 450,000. Allows cotton, sugar cane, and wheat. Feeds the ecosystem of the temperate forest planes, mostly used for trading and irrigation. The city is goverend by trading not military might.
Mesopotamia- Means between the rivers. Northern is made of hills and plains, southern is made of marshy areas. Also called the fertile crescent.
Yellow River- Second largest river in China, known as the muddiest river, supplies 12% of Chinese population, the cause of the color is because of the silt from nearby deserts which the water absorbs and carries, waves look like chocolate milk, tourists enjoy chinese culture, also known as the Huang He River, there has only been a handful of major floods from this river, 1931 flood killed about 1million-4million people, stretches across China over 2900 miles.
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