Nile- Located in Africa. Flows north from East Africa to the Mediterranean for 4184 miles. Longest river in the world. Name came from Neilos, meaning valley. Egyptians settled along the Nile river around 5,000 BC. Started domesticating sheep and goats and practiced agriculture. Irrigated farmland and build a pyramid. Had a civil war. Lived in smaller farm towns and grew crops and domesticated livestock. Built pyramids to bury dead pharaohs. 80 total pyramids. They mummified their pharaohs and put their organs in jars. They were polytheistic, worshiped more than one God. Grew wheat, barley, beans, and cotton in fields. Fruit trees grew well near the river. There were wild crocodiles and many fish in the Nile.
China Yellow River- Also known as the Huang He RIver. Cuts through about 2,900 miles of China's landscape. About 3,393 miles long. Name from the color of it's water, turned yellow/brown from the loess dirt and dust that blows in. Supplies water to 155 million people or 12% of the population. Chinese moved to the Yellow River Valley around 30 million years ago and became birthplace o f Chinese civilizations. Believed in the supernatural and asked gods for help. Yellow, red, and green= luck. The Silk Road was a trade route for agriculture. A grand total of 17 men ruled over the Xia Dynasty. Jie, the last ruler, was a terribly horrible ruler.
Indus River- Located in between India and Pakistan. Indus River Valley civilization used it as a supply. They had a rural culture. Lots of trading and were very religious. Invented cock fighting. Also known as Harappan because the first discovery of them was in the town of Harappa. Over 1,000 cities and villages, most of them urban. Made out of mud brick. Very skilled in making tin and copper. Started to end when trading with other nations declined. Caused by years of droughts. River provided trading, irrigation, and lots of silt. Important today because it is a key water resource for the economy of Pakistan. Provides most of the potable water in the country and potable means it is drinkable. Home to the Indus river dolphin. Built strong walls and levees to keep water from coming into the cities. Mohenjo Daro was one of the main cities and also called Mound of the Dead. People had problems finding clean water. Only wealthy people had separate bathrooms. There was no kingdom formed. Had large and well developed civilizations. The cities had plumbing. They were farmers and the first to make cotton into clothing. Were big on trading. Civilization began to end in 1750 BC. River gets its water from the melting snow and glaciers in the Himalayas. Ended possibly because of droughts and enemy invasions.
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