Jordan Good, Andrew Watts, Chancey, Robert, and Cody- The Nile River
- Grew barley, veggies,fig, melons, Pomegranates, vines, and flax
- Cities- 3 seasons
- They tried to trap and much water as theu could.
- They built mud brick reseroirs to trao and wold water
- Imigration Canals
Economy- The early River valley Civilization woild have a surprise of crops to be able to sell
- Social structure- ruler of the Land
- Had special status
- Female companion also had special status
- Most people are farmers
- Agriculture- The Nile usually deposited the nutrients needed for growing food on top
- Culture- They believed in many gods, they believed humans form and the government
- Wrote using hieroglyphics
- building and structure was made out of mud blocks
- Pyramids
- Large boats to travel
- They are deserts to the east and to the west of the nile, and moutains to the east.
- Longest river in the world 4,100 miles long
- Geography- The nile gets its water from the moutains
- If the river flooded, just a few feet lower than the usual
Nate Cave, Caleb Rihner, Trey Lansman, Zach Gross, and Dallon Bendorf- Early River Civilizations
- Irrigation was good and bad for the civilation
- Water should sit on field and eleporate and leaves salt behind
- Mesopotamia- Was made up of people from summer, Acadian, Assyrian, and Babylon Empires
- Ended in 1600 B.C.
- Nile- ended because of flooding
- They broke the clay houses washed away there crops died and there animals were washed away.
- Indus River- Changed course
- Floods didn't fertilize the fields ao there soil became un fertile
- There are large Monsoon
- People that were living on the Indus were Buddhists of Ladahk
- Yellow- Shang dynasty ended around 1046 B.C.
- It flows through nine provinces of China
- Flooding is a major problem for the river civilizations
Indus- the river changed course. floods didn't fertilize the fields so the soil became unfertile. The Harappan civilization ended around 1300 B.C. The Indus River goes through places like Pakistan, Afghanistan and part of Iran.
Yellow- The Shang Dyasty ended around 1046 B.C. It flows through nine provinces of china and empties into the bohai sea.
Geography- mesopotamia means "between the rivers" It is combining the Tigris and Euphrates river and flows throuh modern Iraq. Mesopotamia is also called the fertile crescent.
Culture- Mesopotamians believed in over 3,000 gods. Women are ready for marriage right after puberty. Irrigation: Farmers had a hard time knowing when to plant or how big a flood would be.
5 city/states- Eridu, Bod-Tibira, Larsa, Sippar, Shuruppak. Mesopotamia had no forests for wood and lacked building materials.
Beginning of empires--Nile: Settlements began around 7000 years ago. Settlements gradually developed into more and more complex societies. Lower Egypt is the name to the NIle Delta north of Dashur.
China Yellow River: Was said to be the cradle of chinese civilization. The first dynasty of China was the Xia dynasty. Xia dynasty ruled from 2205-1766 bc.
Mesopotamia: They had a Monarchy government. Their language was Akkadain and Sumerian.
Indus River: The IVC was a Bronze age Civilization (3300-1300) BCE. There was no empire around the Indus River. The IVC is also known as the Harappan Civilization.
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