China Yellow River
Second longest river -3398 miles long
yellow because of loess soil
Supplies water to 155 million people
Chinese moved there 30 million years ago
Indus River
Flows through Pakistan and india
Indus Valley civilization (2600- 1900 BC)
invented chicken fighting
1,000 cities and villages
collapsed as trade fell and floods destroyed cities
cities made out of bricks and had city walls to protect them from floods
grew rice
first people to have plumbing
Mesopotamia
land between two rivers
present day iraq
hunting, schooling only for rich families
hot!!!
babalonian empire
migration and a change in culture caused the empire to collapse
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