Today we have an early out so the classes are shortened and our class is finished presenting.
Mesopotamia- Norhtern part is full of hills and plain. Land is very fertile because of the river.
CIties/states were the center of life. Ancient mesopotamis appeared around 4000-3500 BC.
Canals were used for water when there was no rainfall. Sumeria was the first city.
Believed in over 3000 different gods. City was between 2 rivers. Cattle and other small animals were sacrificed. Could only go to school of parents had power. Hunting was popular. Babylon is kigdom in mesopotamia. Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria are in current place.
Nile River Valley- the longest river in the world and is made up of 3 rivers.
River was used for transportation and other stuff.
Produced great works of art and architect.
River always flooded when it rained.
NIle, Cairo, Aswan are some of the ancient cities.
King and queens built tombs and everyone prepared for their death.
Indus River Valley-
Harappa was a city that flourished around 2600 to 1700 BCE.
Used Cattle, oxyen, and other animals to travel.
Largest ancient civilization, had population of 5 million possibly.
Cities were highly developed for their period in history
Civilizations survived for around 500 years
Had around 40,000 people in a city.
Kingdoms and how Civilizations ended-
Nubuchadnezzar was the longest emperor
Hammurabi was king of Babylon
Babylon enedd around 529 BC
Menes was the first King of the nile and found acient Rome
Nile consists of blue and white nile
Nile is 6,000ft. above sea level
Indus civilization was believed to end because of drought and trade issues
Indus didnt build irrigation
Yellow Rivers mountains made it really hard to trade
10% of land was fertile
Civilization was under control of many kingdoms
Kingdoms were reunited by Sui dynasty
Dynasties started in 1994 BCE
Each dynasty lasted 15 years but some lasted 900 years
Manchu was the last dynasty and was thought to be collapsed by pressure of surrounding areas.
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