Notes:
Nile River Valley
-Located in Africa
-Used for traveling
-Needed for farming
-Longest river in the world
-Flooded every year from July to November
-Brings new rich soil for the Egyptians
-Used for transportation
-Valley contains deposits of granite, sandstone, and limestone
-Crops grown: Barley, leeks, garlic, wheat, lentils, turnips, plums, melons, figs, flax, onions, beans, lettuce, radishes, grapes, and cabbages.
-Religion is Polytheistic: multiple Gods
-Economy depended on farmers
-Social Structure: King > Ruling Class > Craftsman > Farmers > Marginalized Groups > Slaves
Early River Valley Civilizations:
-Most fertile soil in the ancient world
-Babylon is the capital
-Jews were held here for 70 years
-You could be put to death if you harmed a cat
-People who developed the civilization are unknown
-Shang Dnyasty
-Built palaces and tombs
Mesopotamia
-first civilization
Uruk- one of the first cities one of
-one of largest cities of that time
Nippur
-one of the more sacred group
Nineveh
-one of the oldest cities
-founded in 6000 BCE
-earthquake destroyed the first temple of Ishtar
Geography- between the Tigris and the Euphrates river in Iraq
-is mainly desert
-trade routes are with food and money
-things traded:animals, wine, donkeys, gemstones, camels, pottery, and horses
-trading done by the Persians and the ancient India, and Afghanistan and Egypt
Culture
-technology
-numeral system with pictures
-we get out hour system from them million years ago
Religion
-world was a flat disc
-surrounded by a vast hollow space
-polytheistic society
Sports
-hunting
-wrestling
-Majore -like rugby
Government
-Monarchy
-first code of law
-they believe that their rulers were descendents of Gods
China Yellow River
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