China- The Yellow River -city was mainly built of wood -the shang people needed walled cities because wars -poor people lived in huts -rich lived in timber framed houses with wall of clay and straw -the main reason why it is called the yellow river is because yellowish silt which is fertile soil called -Chinas relatives early settlers couldn't trade with other outsiders -only 10% is suitable for farming Culture- -yellow river called the mother river -gunpowder the compass, paper making, printing, pottery Importance -provides local population drinking supply, and without the yellow river grasslands will shrink ' -400 million people live in the yellow river Basin
Mesopotamia-
-first civilization
Uruk- one of the first cities one of
-one of largest cities of that time
Nippur
-one of the more sacred group
Nineveh
-one of the oldest cities
-founded in 6000 BCE
-earthquake destroyed the first temple of Ishtar
Geography- between the Tigris and the Euphrates river in Iraq
-is mainly desert
-trade routes are with food and money
-things traded:animals, wine, donkeys, gemstones, camels, pottery, and horses
-trading done by the Persians and the ancient India, and Afghanistan and Egypt
Culture
-technology
-numeral system with pictures
-we get out hour system from them million years ago
Religion
-world was a flat disc
-surrounded by a vast hollow space
-polytheistic society
Sports
-hunting
-wrestling
-Majore -like rugby
Government
-Monarchy
-first code of law
-they believe that their rulers were descendents of Gods
Nile River Valley-located in Africa and the river goes through Egypt
-river is for traveling purposes
-nile would flood every year
-was away the waste
-contains granite, sandstone, and limestone
Farming
-hand sough
-cows pulled larger soughs
-barley,leeks,garlic,wheat, plum
-harvested many foods
Religion
-multiple gods
-they built pyramids
-travelded on large boats
Social Structures
-king
-ruling class
-craftman
-farmers
-marginalized group
-slaves
Conclusion
the nile helped traveling, farming, and building
Early River Valley Civilization Mesopotamian
-powerful state in ancient world
-Babylon was the capitol
-near east and southern mesopotamia
-long and narrow
-death penalty
-Dynasty was found in the Lower Kingdom of Egypt
-Hotepsekhemy was the second founder of the second dynasty
Indus
-strong and stable government
-advanced in technology
Yellow River
-Shang Dynasty
-built palaces and tombs
-they raised animals
The Fall of the Empires in the Early Days
-many dint survive
Mesopotamia
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Assyrian Empire
-Nineveh was invaded by the allied force babylonians, Medes, scythians, and susianians
-the babylonians took over the early shortly after
Babylonian
-was the strongest empire fell the to the assyrian
Persian Empire
-came part of the Greek Seleucid Empire
-there was a lot of conflict between the romans and the parthians for the region
The Nubians and Egyptians
-two biggest river valley civilizations at the time
Nubians
-Egypt took over Nubia
Indus
-people dont know for sur what happened
-huge climate change
-parts flooded and other had a drought
-food shortages, starving, and spread of disease
Yellow River
-the people rebelled against their leadership
China/ Shang
lost Shang Zhou
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