We did presentions again... We went today
The Nile River: Grew wheat, grain, beer, bread, lettuce, fruit trees 3 seasons:
Akhet- flooding season Peret- Growing season Shemu- Harvesting season bulit mud-brick reservoirs to trap and hold water used Shadufs to life water from the canals cattle, goats, pigs, ducks Had a surplus of crops because of the Nile so the economy would flourish Social status: King- ruler Ruling class- high importance to the king Craftmen- made tools and weapons Farmers- common man Slaves- paid in beer Agriculture: Nile deposited the nutrients for growing food Culture: Religion- Polytheistic religion or believing in multiple gods Wrote using Hieroglyphics Buildings and structures: Bulit houses out of mud bricks, Pyramids, large boats for travel, Rigid structures Geography: Deserts to the East and West of the Nile and mountains to the east Every spring the river would flood because of the surplus of water in the mountains Only river that flows north Nile gets a lot of water fromt the mountains and plateaus the deserts to the east and west acted a natural barriers between the other lands The flooding of the Nile was very predictable Conclusion: Gods were in human form, economy was based on the flooding of the Nile.
The ending of the Kindoms Mesoptamia: Irrgation was good and bad for the civilization Water would leave salt behind Babylonian empire ended around 1600 B.C. Nile: Ended because of the flooding Egyptians had control then the Greeks then the Egyptians again and finally the Romans Was home to the Egyptian Empire till the Romans took control around 1700 B.C. Indus: Ended around 1300 B.C. Floods didnt fertilzed the soil People on the Indus were Buddhists of Ladahk Yellow River: Ended around 1046 B.C. Flows through 9 provinces of China and empties into the Bohai Sea Wei Valley is the birthplace of many Chinesse civilizations
Indus River:
Harappa: Patially built on Mud-brick platforms to prevent flooding They were literate people so they knew how to read and write
Mohenjo-Daro: only civilization to have a privite bathroom and toilet in their houses means hill of the dead
Geography: Good soil for farming across 6 countries Culture: animals were important Importance: feed ecosystem of temperate forests planes and arid country side, used for trading and irrigation, longest most important river in Pakistan,
Mesopotmia: means between the rivers. northern Mesopotmia is made up of hills and plains land is fertile due to seasonal rain Sourtern made up of marshy areas and wide flat areas Ancient Mesopotamia is also called crescent
Culture: Songs written for the gods and some for important events Woman rarely individuals Had over 3,00 gods Each city had a certain god
Irrigation: Annual flood unpredictable Many droughts Canals first around 6000 B.C. Bulit dams to hold back water
History: Mesopotamia had constant warfare Babylonia was the capital of ancient Mesopotamia(Babylon)
Cities of Ancient Mesopotamia: Summer- "land of the civilized lords" or "Native land" 1st 5 city-states: Eridu, Bad-Tibira, Larsa, Sippar, and Shuruppak
Resources: Had no forests for wood; lacked buliding materials Few mountains or natural barriers which made it easy to invade.
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