Yellow River:
- Central - Eastern China
- Named after the yellow clay that blows across northern China
- Approx 3000 miles long
- Located in central and northern China
- The river begins in central China
- Begins in the Bayan Har Mountains
- Had a lot of floods
- One of the most deadly disasters (floods)
- 10% of the land is suitable for farming
- Hard to trade because of the mountains
- Had to live off their own crops & livestock
- Believed in supernatural powers - when needed something, they'd ask that specific god
- Women were unable to own property
- Leader of the Yellow River Valley Civilization was Shang King
- Ruled from the city of Anyang
- Aristocratic warlords - ruled over specific territories
- Family was very important - chose marriages and son's jobs
- Shang King could remove any of the military leaders
- Didn't have a written language for a a long period of time
- Yin was the capital of the Shang Dynasty
Emperors and Kingdoms
- Indus River - no known kingdoms
- China -
- Xia Dynasty was the first known dynasty along the Yellow river.
- Shang Dynasty - slaves would be killed if a king died
- Western Zhou - father to son kingdom passing down
- Eastern Zhou - Western had to relocated after getting attacked
- Mesopotamia River Valley
- Babylon Nation and Dynasty- Founded by Samuabum, powerless nation for beginning
- Babylonian Empire- Didn't last long because emperor died
- The Neo Babylonian Empire- The capital was Babylon
- The Old Kingdom- Pharaohs were buried in the pyramids - they had absolute power
- The Middle Kingdom- Egypt had strong armies; Pharaohs were hidden in tombs after death
- The New Kingdom- Became a world power
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