yellow river china, anyang was built mainly of wood. the city stood in a forest clearing. the rich people lived in timber framed houses with walls of clay and straw. the poor people lived in huts outside the city. its called the yellow river because of the deposits yellowish silt which is fertile soil called loess which is blown from the deserts to the west and north. only 10% of china's land is suitable for farming. they called the yellow river the mother river.
Mesopotamia- commenly thought of as the first civilization, there were different civilizations, cities by the river....mari,bablyon,uruk. in about the year 5000 B.C.E. the city Uruk was founded, Nippur was considered as a sacred group, it was a special place of worship, many of the objects traded were animals, wine, donkeys, gemstones, camels, pottery, and horses. they used cuneiform to write, they made the wheel. for sports they hunted, wrestled, Majore. Goverment was a monarchy.
Nile River Valley- necessary for farming, nile for traveling, in africa, would flood from july to november, washed away the waste, they used hand soughs, had oxen pull larger soughs, harvested fruit and veggies, used sickles to cut grain, the people of the culture built pyramids, traveled on large boats, social stucture... Kings. ruling class. craftsman. farmers. marginalized groups. then slaves.
empires- babylonian empire has a death penalty, marriage was only legal when written…
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the Harappa has three classes.
1. religious elite
2. trading class
3. poor workers
the largest Harappan site is Ganweriwala, located on the bank of the Sarasvati River.
Religious life is still uncertain. its similar to hinduism of modern time
one of the first city that the indus valley was at Harappa.
indus river is a major river that flows through Pakistan.
it was the first urban sanitation systems
nile river was based in mostly africa.egypt still exists today. people dont know for sure how the indus river valley civilization ended. the fall of the xia is blamed on its last king who fell in love with an evil woman and became a tyrantthe zhou dynasty began with the suicide of shang zhou
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