Mesopotamia- land between two rivers. baskets and potery was a big trade item, there was alot of flooding from the melting snow on the mountains. They would write on rocks to tell stories, they belived that the earth was flat, they had monthy festivles. bordering countries are iran, Jordan, Kuwwait, saudi arabia, the reason people settled there is for water, warm climate, and soil. Ashur is in modern day Iraqu.
nile- importance of the river animals and trade called the chief of transport. trading was very easy for the people of the nile. the people of the nile were called egyptians, most people went barefoot but some wore sandals. There religion was based on nature they had the sun god and god of the nile. The egyptians belived in life after death. 40 million people still live in the nile, we still use the nile river today. 3 civilizations were formed.
the yellow river is a larg river frlowing in china, it is around 3000 miles long located in centeral and northern china. the river is very prone to floods, people around it hade to grow there own crops and raise there own livestock because of chinas geography. women are unadble to own property, the leader of the yellow river vally was Shang King, family was one of the most important things in the chinese cuture. a city by the river named shang it was walled like most.
Induce River Valley- 3300 BC to 1900 BC southwest asia.
its in present day pakistann, india, Afaganistan, and China.
back then the region was really diverse, it consisted of forest and jungles.
was used for transporting and trade, it it fertilized land when it flooded
the religion was similar to Hinduism, they worshiped animals gods names are unknown.
clothes were made of cotton and wool, wore colorful robes.
there weapons were axes, spearls, daggers, no shields or armor was found.
kids played with weeled carts.
cities were set up in perfect grid patterns like new york city today.
Harappa was one of the first cities built it was also the first citie to be abandoned.
homes were usualy one or 2 stories hight made of caked brick
Decline of the Early River valley Civilizations
The fall of the mosopotamian empiers they fell in 1950 bc, they were attacked by the amorities, its unknown why they could not defend themselves.
The babylonial empire- collapsed to the romans, when the leader died they had many succesors that didnt last very long.
The end of the ancient egypt Empire- most powerful during the Ramesside period,.
Early yellow river valley civilizations- the xia dynasty was the first ever recorded chinese civilization, their culture subsided due to famine.
Indus valley civilization- floods destroyed the irrigation systems and the buildings, floodings caused people to stop taking care of there civilization and crops, they build dams.
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