Today we continued our presentations:
Mesopopatamia - Greek for the land between two rivers-
Trade and Commerce were important between the Tigris and Euphrates river. -Euphrates was the calm river and the Tigris was very aggressive and caused most of the flooding.
-Had about 3,000 Gods.
Lack of resources:
-Few trees
-Very little rainfall
-Traded their surplus for stone, wood and metal.
Then we presented our presentation on the Nile River.
Yellow River
Flows from Central to Eastern China.
Got the color from the yellow clay, "loess"
Areas around the Yellow River and the Yangzte River merge -- great food producing areas.
They had to grow their own crops and livestock in order to supply for themselves considering they couldn't trade because of the mountains.
They believe in supernatural powers and so when they needed something they asked the gods for it.
Family was the most important thing in the Chinese culture - The father was the leader of the family.
Emperors and Kingdoms
Xia Dynasty is known to be the first dynasty in China.
Shang believed in sacrifices.
Mesopotamia - Babylon nation was founded by Samuabum.
--55 miles south of Bagdad.
The new kingdom expanded its borders through military conquest and became a world power.
Indus River Valley-
In present day Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and China.
The river provided good soil for crops and means for transportation.
Worshiped animals.
-Both men and women wore necklaces and finger rings.
Women wore nose and ear rings.
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