Mesopotamia was the place where the Pythagorean theorem was made, and the 1st government, means the land between two rivers. Importance-the two rivers were the Tigris and Euphrates, trade and commerce baskets and pottery. Euphrates was the calmest ri
Mesopotamia
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Why we study history:
Early river valley civilizations:
Mesopotamia- land between two rivers. baskets and potery was a big trade item, there was alot of flooding from the melting snow on the mountains. They would write on rocks to tell stories, they belived that the earth was flat, they had monthy festivl
Indus River Valley
-3300 to 1900 BC
-Southwest Asia
Geography;
-in present day Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and China
-Natural borders of the Himalayas and Arabian sea sheltered area from attacks and disease.
-Consisted of forests, jungles deserts, vast p
Yellow River Valley (geography)ately 3000 miles long
-approximately 3000 miles long
-located in central and northern China
-The river begins in central china
-originates the Bayan Har Mountains
-Empties Bohai Mountains
-Named after the yellow clay (loess)
Indus River Valley-Southwest Asia.
Its located in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China.
Back when this civilization was alive, it consisted of jungels, forest, and deserts.
Used for transportation and trade, fertilized the land when it flooded. Provived irr
Tuesday:
Today we had the class time to research about Mesopotamia.
They bury their people with important items from their "before life". The gods decide how the next year goes with how many crops they will grow, etc. They also build social groups and
(MY NOTES) Mesopotamia: The Tigris & Euphrates. Long docks were built along the river for easy trading with ships. Did not have a lot of natural resources so they relied heavily on trading/commerce. "lush" waters created plentiful crops. They built c
Mesopotamia was the first place where government was created. They also invented the Pythagorean Theorem. Mesopotamia is Greek for the land of two rivers. They would build long docks across the rivers so they could trade. Euphrates was the calmes
The mesopotamia River valley is between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by Bagdad and Iraq.
Farming villages developed allow these rivers with the idea of irragation around 6,000 BC and they turned into cities.
Between 2350 and 1600 BC The City Babylon
induce river valley -
present day pakistn india afghanistan and china
natural borders of the himalayas and arabian sea
it was really diverse
it consistedof forests jungles deserts vast plains mountains and dthe river delts and basin
importance- used for t
We watch more presentations today
The river used to run through the Xia (21st-16th century BC) Shang (16th-11th century BC) and Tang (619-907) Dynasties
- Yin was the capital of the Shang Dynasty
- It was formed by the river, and it was very useful to t
Group Project
Indus- geography, importance of river, culture of area, city's/states emerged
Geography-
Importance- transportation, fish, water, trading and irrigation, cocoa colored from the silt
Transportation along the river helped make trade along t
Areas where civilization first started- Mesopotamia, Nile (longest river ine the world), Indus, China Yellow River. Why? Because of water.
Our table will be our groups. Our topic is the NILE.
-the geography of the area, the river, and how it works. cul
Nile River:
Geography -the importance of the river and how people worked along the river -culture of that area (name of the people that lived there, religion, etc)- Cities and states that emerged
Culture:
The people of the Nile River were called Egyptia
Today we are coping all notes into this blog and then taking a group test.
Nile:
- Animals and trade were very important on this river. (Chief of Transport)
- People were called Egyptians, trading was easy for them.
- Dressed up in pretty clothes go
Mesopatamia - pythagorean theorm, first government
Importance of 2 rivers
Challenges - flooding, change courses withou
Mesopotamia:
