the beginning of the empires
settlement began around 7000 years ago
gradually developed into more and more complex
split into two groups lower and upper Egypt
lower Egypt is the Nile Delta north of Dahshur
upper is the cataract region downriver from Sudan
China Yellow River
said to be the cradle of Chinese civilization
first dynasy of China was the Xia dynasty
ruled from 2205 to 1766 B.C.
established by Yu the great
Mesopotamia
Sargon founded the Akkadian dynasty first empire of Mesopotamia
Language was Akkadain and Sumerian
religion was Sumerian and that means mythology, pantheon, rites, and cosmology of the Sumerian civilization
had a monarchy
Indus River
IVC was a Bronze age civilization
also Harappan
went across Pakistan and northwest India
more than 500 Harappan sites have beed discovered along the dried up river beds Ghaggar-Hakra River
the Indus River only had about 100 sites
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