PRESENTATION NOTES:
The Nile River Valley - the longest river in the world. made up of three rviers. supplies 28% of water in Egypt. used for transportation, fertile soil, and water. came up with the plow.created the pyramids and the sphinx. the river floods in egypt from heavy rains every year. farming was successful in these areas. believed in many gods. worshiped 2,000+ gods. they believed that life continued after death. everyone prepared for their burials. Kings and queens were buried in big tombs like the pyramids.
The Yellow River Valley - Chinas rich culture origionates from the yellow river valley civilizations. yellow rive ris the seventh largest in the world. along the yellow river in some places is pretty moutainess. the yellow river floods every year. called yellow river cause the silt from the mountains turns it yellow. some of the most importatnt parts of culture to this civilization is respetin gones parents and religion. agriculture was very important to the start of this civilization. they worship their king first and then lesser gods. yellow river valley was the birthplace of the chinese civiliation
Indus River Valley -Cities were well orgainizaed and built of brick and stone. is in what today is afghanistan. their drainage systems and water wells were the most sophisticated in the anciet world. were still unable to read the words that they wrote. harrpa was a city in this civilization that flourished. houses were one or two stories high. they used camels, oxen, and elephants to travel. largest ancient civilization. had a population of five million. the indus river is the longest river in pakastan. their cities wer ehighly developed for their period of history. they liked to dance and they were good with metal. the civilizations survivied for around five hundred years.
Kingdoms and How Civilizations Fell - mesopotamia, nile, indus, yellow river. babylon started around 1900 bce. hammurabi was the king of babylon and considered the best. the end of babylon was around 529 bce. menes was the first egptyian king of the nile. began about 7,000 years ago. the nile deposited thigns along the banks and made the land greener. the nile is 6,000 ft above sea level. the indus civilization started around 3300 bce. decline of indus was thougth to be to an invasion of central asia or possibly drought and trade issues. climate was affected by monsoons. indus did not build irrigation so they migrated with the monsoons. indus ended in 1700 bce. yellow river civilization started in 4,000 bce. yellow river was 3395 miles long. mountain ranges made it really hard for trade in the yellow rive valley. ten percent of the land was fertile in the yellow river valley. the civilization of the yellow river was under the control of many different kingdoms. dynasties started in 1994 bce. some dynasties lasted up to 900 years.shang dynasty was the first dynasty to ever be documented.
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