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
The Nile-
Geography
4135 miles long
3 rivers-blue nile, white nile, atraba
transportations and fertile soil fresh water
farming tools like the plow
art architecture
Great sphinx
heavy rain that would flood egypt
farming was good where it flooded
Aswan High Dain 1960
Culture-
gods, sun god and god of the dead
believed in afterlife
Yellow River-
Geography-
mountainous
civilizations based off of the river
learned how to control water
yellow river because of the silt run off that turns yellow
Culture-
respect
close to religion
noble families owned land
sheat and rice main foods
hunted and livestock
King is supreme
Yellow River valley is the birthplace of chinese civilization
Indus-
Largest of acient civilization
5 million peopole
indus river is longest in pakistan
2300 BC-started
ended 1700 BC
climate made them migrate away from Indus
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