Yellow River Valley (geography)ately 3000 miles long
-approximately 3000 miles long
-located in central and northern China
-The river begins in central china
-originates the Bayan Har Mountains
-Empties Bohai Mountains
-Named after the yellow clay (loess)
-known as the huang he
Mesopotamia
-birth place of Pythagorean Theorum
-greek for land between two rivers
-few natural resources, relied on trade
-had to irrigate for crops to survive
-floods would destroy crops
-believed in many gods
-buried people with their items
-first recorded religion
-thought earth was flat
-fertile crescent
-middle east
-few trees no rain in the southern end
-first cities
-bega around 400-3500 B.C.
-Uruk, Nippur
-babylon was the capital
Nile River
-4,160 miles long
-in Africa
-flows backwards
-life near the river relied soley on the river to provide for them
-the "chief" of transport
- 3 classes: upper class, traders merchants, middle class, unskilled worker lower class
-Sun god- Re or Ra
-God of the Nile-hapi
-Mummies were started by the people of the nile
-river valley regions seperated into upper and lower egypt in 3200 b.c.
Indus
-southwest asia
-3300 to 1900 b.c.
-india pakistan china afghanistan
-himalayas and arabian sea suround it
-forests and jungles
-good crop soil
-used for transport and trade
-caught fish
-irrigated for crops
-worshiped animals
-worshiped many gods
-similar to hinduism
-clothes made of cotton and wool
-never used shields or armor
-harappa one of first cities
We presented today
Emperors and Kingdoms
Induse River
-No Major Kingdoms or empires
China
-Xia Dynasty
-yellow river
-first known dynasty
-not much is known about them
-Black Pottery
-Shang Dynasty
-bronze
-human sacifices
-if king died 100 slaves died with him
-Western Zhou
-Used father son kingdom passing
-didnt rule all of china
-Eastern Zhou
-same thing as western zhou
Mesopotamia
-Babylonia
-King Hammurabi
-didnt last long after hammurabi's death
-Neo Babylonia
-Babylon capitol of empire
-eventually taken over by roman empire in 539 b.c.
-55 miles south of modern day bagdad
-babylon means gate of gods
Nile
-The old kingdome
-pharoahs buried in pyramids
-pharoahs considered goads on earth
-nicknamed "the pyramid age"
-The middle kingdome
-golden age of egypt
-had strong armies
-trade arts and literature flourished
-The new kingdome
-expansion period of Egypt
-pharoahs buried in the valley of kings
Decline of Early River Valley Civilizations
Mesopotamia
-Babylon fell
-fell in 1950 B.C.
-Leader Nebuchadnezzar died and led to the fall of babylon
Ancient Egypt Empire
-along Nile
-taken over by Romans in 30 b.c.
Yellow River Valley Civilaztions
-Xia Dynasty fell due to famine and being overrun by Shang Dynasty
-not much know about Shang
-eventually ruled by the Zhou clan
-soon turned into Zhou dynasty
-died off due to civil war
Indus
-floods destroyed the irrigation system and buildings
-nobody wanted to keep building things that were constantly being destroyed by floods
-constant neglect caused the civilization to fall
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