The Beginning of Empires:
Nile River:
- settlements began around 7000 years ago
- split into lower and upper Egypt
- soil was very rich
- divided into 3 kingdoms
China Yellow River:
- said to be the cradle of Chinese civilization
- armies would destroy dams to the yellow river to flood lands and slow down enemy troops
- became a common tactic
Mesopotamia:
- language was Akkadain and Sumerian
- religion was Sumerian; mythology, pantheon, rites, and cosmology
- monarchy government
Indus:
- bronze age civilization
- was no empire
- harappan civilization
- went across pakistan and northwest india
- indus had only about 100 harappan sites
- 500 sites had been discovered for harappan civilizations
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