induce river valley -
present day pakistn india afghanistan and china
natural borders of the himalayas and arabian sea
it was really diverse
it consistedof forests jungles deserts vast plains mountains and dthe river delts and basin
importance- used for transportation and trade it fertilized the land when flooded
provided ittigation fish and water was provided
culture- religion worshipped animals god names are unknown
clothes- made of cotton and wool colorful robes- jewelry
weapons axes speras daggers not shields people danced for fun played with carved wheeles
4 different classes brahmins kshtriyas vaishyas shudeus
mohenjo daro the larges city stories high made of caked brick with flat roof
inportance of tivers: tigrus and euphrates, trade and commerce baskets and pottery,
inportance cont, calm, cities on banks irrigation, crops, minerals, and animals
challenges- flooding, citites along river would abandon, changing courses without notice, tigris- fast and violent
Culture- the mesopotamians believe in many gods., there way of writing, burying people with items, what the gods decide.
beliefs- there religion first to be recored , world flat disc, water coverd the entire earth
monthly festivals- phases of the moon and annual agricultural
geography- located in the fertile cresent, mesopotamis is centered around
bordering countries, iran jordan kuwait saudi arabia
why they settled- water warm climate soil
lack of resources- few trees very little rain fall.
emergences of cities
worlds first cities began around 4000-3500 bc
* the nile is longest river at 4,135 miles.
*It has two sources, one at Lake Victoria, in Uganda (the White Nile), supplies about 28 percent of the Nile’s waters in Egypt. Lake Tana, in Ethiopia (the Blue Nile), provides an average of 58 percent of the river’s water.
*the mouth of the river Mediterranean Sea, off Egypt
* it is located in afica the nile flows to Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi
*the nile drain an area of 1,293,000 square miles. in some This area there is different climates like in Egypt and Sudan, there isnt much rainfall. But in More of the south, in and around Ethiopia, rainfall is very heavy.
when it rains alot it starts to flood and that rush downstream. After awhile create the wonderfully fertile soil which supports so much of life in Egypt and Sudan.
* the nile delta river has many different animals that live in it, they are crocodiles, turtles, baboons, wildebeest, and more than 300 species of birds, including fishing eagles, ibis, and the Nile Valley Sunbird.
*people who lived along the Nile back in the day always used the river for agriculture and transportation. It hasnt cahnged at all, although the methods of agriculture and transportation have. Now a days we use the Steam ships are still used in Egypt and Sudan, to transport all the good.
* the name come from Greek word Nelios, which means "River Valley"
decline of the early river valley civitzation
-fall of mesopotamian empires they were known as the akkadian empire, they fell in 1950, they were attacked by th amorites, it is unknown why they couldnt defend themsleves well enough
- the empire- when their leader died he had many successors that didnt last very long and the empire collapsed to the romans
the end of the ancient egypt empire
- alog the nile river, most powerful during the ramesside period, invaded and conwuered by foreigh powers,
early yellow river valley civilzation
- the xia dynasty was the first ever recoreded chinese civilzation. thier culture subsided due to famine and being overrun by the shang dynasty
indus valley
-flood destrory the irrigation system an the buildings
-constant flooding caused poeple to stop taking care of there civilzaion and crops
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