The Early River Valley Civilizations-
1. Mesopotamian Babylonian Empire was the most powerful state in the anichent world, had most fertle ground, jews where there for 70 years, Babylon means gate of the gods, was in Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates river, coverd a area of 8,000 square miles
2. The Nile the first Dynasty 3100B.C. to 2890B.C., capital was memphis, founded by the Egyptian pharroh Narmer he ruled 2 kingdoms of egypt, the second dynasty lasted to 2890B.C. to 2686B.C., the capital was thinis, hotepsekhemwy was the founder of this second dynasty, the pharaoh was Khasekhemwy he got married and that ended the second dynasty but strenghted the unity of the 2 kingdoms, Khasekhemwy had a son Djoser and was the first pharoh of the third dynasty and started a new kingdom period in egypt,
3. The Indus arose about 2500B.C., had 2 major cities Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, they where in advanced in technology, had a sanatation system, had a written langauge but we cant figure out what it means
4. The Yellow River Civilization in China 1600B.C to 1046B.C., was known as the shang dynasty, they defeated the shyah dyansty to come to be, left many written rules and and documents, the capital was ayang, they fought alot of wars aginst the nomadic people, they honored spirts and their ancestors, Shang Tang was the last leader and he killed himself when his army lost in battle and then the dyansty collpased
The Yellow River in China- The city was mainly in a forest clearing and had walls cause they where in war always, called the yellow river cause the river leaves behind a yellowish silt, couldnt trade because they where isolated in the jungle, they made gunpowder, compasses, paper, and pottery, part of the yuan dynasty
Indus River Civilization- Indus meant father of rivers, located in south Asia by India, they had deserts and mountians that protceted them naturally, people where born into social classes that never changed, jobs are passed on from father to son, trade was a big part of there culture, Harappa was one of the biggest cities had three classes 1. religious elite 2. trading class 3. poor workers, Mohenjo-Daro divided into 2 portions Citadel was the lower city and had sanatation system and their own wells.
Nile River Valley- located in Afarica and goes through Egypt, longest river in the world 4,150mi and runs north to south, used for travel and farming, floods every year from July to November and gave the farmers new soil and washed away the waste, they used ox to pull ploughs they grew many veggies such as leeks, barley, and wheat, they used sicles to harvest the grain and then tie it into bundles, used animals for their hides, milk, meat, and to help with farming, they build pyramids and the ecmony depended mostly on the farmers, the social structure was 1.king 2.ruling class 3.craftsman 4.farmers 5.marginalized groups(middle class) 6.slaves
The Fall of the Empires in the Early Days- There where many civilations but most ended or where short lived, the Assyrian empire ended in 612B.C when the captial was over taken and their king was killed they where invaded by the Babylonians Medes and others, the Babylonian empier was the strongest of all in 539B.C the Persian king orderd a invasion and Babylonia became a persian area, the Persian empire fell to Alexander the Great around 332B.C. it then became a part of the greek empire, the Nubians and Egyptians by the nile river, the Nubians started trading around 2040 to 1640B.C. Egypt took over Nubia for more trade, Indus nobody knows what happend to the Indus people but they think that the climate changed and people ran out of food and disease spread killing them, the Yellow River China/fall of the Xia this fell because the king fell in love with a evil girl and he became a tyrant so the people rebelled, Yellow River fall of the Shang this happend when the king killed his son and his ministers causeing his army to rebell aginst him
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