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Early River Valley Civilization (Ancient China (Important People &…
Early River Valley Civilization
Ancient China
Geography
Dry Deserts
Impassable Mountains;natural barriers
Two Huge Rivers;developed irrigation skills
Humid summers;freezing winters
Important People & Places
Confucious
Genghis Khan
Xi'an
Luoyang
Beijing
Culture
Only wealthy boys attended school
Women had no value
Tea was an important part of chinese culture;it was called "cha"
There were three main religions in China: Taoism, Confucionism, and Buddhism
Indus River Valley
Important People & Places
J. Fleet
Sir John Hubert Marshall
Harappa
Mohenjo-daro
Culture
Main Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
Many different languages
developed new techniques in metallurgy
Geography
Forests gave resources like timber
Deserts were full of gold mines
Fertile land for farming
Ancient Egypt
Culture
Religion
Polytheists
Believed in the afterlife
Language
They had a writing system made up of symbols called hieroglyphs
They had a well developed alphabet with 26 letters; each letter was reprsented by a symbol
Daily Life
Social Class
Men would work and women would not
Geography
Major River that flows from the Caribbean to what is now Sudan; Largest river in the world called the Nile River
Yearly flooding brought the water and rich soil(not unpredictable); They made irrigation systems to control the flooding
River provided transportation
Vast desert dominates the landscape
Acts as natural barriers aganst invaders and intruders
Important People & Places
Pharaohs
Important Rulers
Tutankhamun
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Places
Alexandria
Thinis
Memphis
Ancient Mesopotamia
Culture
Polytheists
The early government was controlled by the temple priests
In case of war, priests did not lead them
This lead to having permanent rulers and then became dynasties of rulers
Priests spoke to the gods for the people
With the increase of their trade due to surpluses, they encountered many different cultures which resulted in a cultural difusion
They developed arithmetics and geometry to help them in their daily life
Geography
Picture shows desert in Mesopotamia
A Desert Climate dominates the Mesopotamian Landscape
Picture shows area of the Fertile Crescent
An area with fertile soil between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers called the Fertile Crescent
In the area of Mesopotamia, there are two major rivers that lead to the Persian Gulf. These major rivers are the Tigris river and the Euphrates river.
These rivers cause unpredictable flooding.
Had irrigation ditches
No natural barrier; defenseless against intruders
Built city walls of mud bricks
Limited natural resources; Relied on trade
Important People & Places
Sumerian City-States;First Civilization
Characteristics of a Civilization Wheel
Complex Institutions; Formal government with oficials and laws; Priests had religious and political powers; Education systems for training of scribes
Advanced Cities; Populations of about 10,000 to 50,000
Advanced Technology; The wheel, the plow, and the sailboat were in daily use; Had miltary advantage because they used bronze weapons and body armor
Record Keeping; Cuniform Tablets; Stored bank transactions, traditions, and historical events
Specialized Workers; Merchants, teachers, soldiers, metalworekers, priests, government officials,potters, farmers, scribes, and weavers
Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Umma, and Kish
many ziggurats were scattered around Mesopotamia so they can worship many people at the same time
Sargon de Akkad conquered the sumerian city-states and created the first empire
City-states were constantly in war with one-another
Hammurabi was the ruler of the babylonian empire; He created a
