all of the notes from the past few days:
Mesopotamia-
Geography- Euphrates on bottom Tigress river on top
Hilly and plains, fertile land, farming land, lots of timber, stone
First cities- center of life, appeared around 4,000-3,500 BC, built irrigation
each city had a specified patron or goddess
no know fact why urbanization occurred here
Culture- Believed in many gods (over 3,00)
Tigress and Euphrates rivers were places to build cities
cattle and smaller animals were sacrificed
women not very important
hunting
First farmers-domesticated animals and plants changed lives
Fun facts-Land between two rivers
Iraq turkey Iran and Syria are there now
interested in astronomy
created the wheal, plow, irrigation systems and sail boat
Nile-Longest river in the world
actually 3 rivers the blue white and one other
used for transportation
Farming tools like the plow
art and architecture
River would flood Egypt once a year
Alexandria Giza Cairo Aswan are cities on the river
Ra the sun god and Osiris Isis 2000 gods
life continued after death
mummification
filled coffins with things to use in the afterlife
Yellow River Valley (china)
Very rich culture
mountainous
irrigation
floods every year
Silt runs off from the mountains turns the river yellow
Respect to ones parents!!!
Families are closely linked to religion
Cai in the west
Lou yang east
lanzhou
chang'an
Indus
Well organized built of brick an stone
drainage systems and water wells
jewelry, game and toys
harappa-city
houses were 1 or 2 stories high
clothing were bright colored
Largest ancient civilizations
The Indus River is the longest river in Pakistan
highly developed for their period in history
no windows in front to keep out dust
survived for 500 years
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