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Early River Civilizations (Egypt (Nile River (Floods (Floods were…
Early River Civilizations
Egypt
Nile River
Main source of water for Egyptians
Rich soil
Natural Barrier
Gods helped grow the crops and control the floods
Floods
Floods were sometimes less than expected, so crops didn't grow properly, and people starved
Floods were sometimes more than expected and destroyed houses, granaries and more.
Upper and Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt (North)
Upper Egypt (South)
Egypt United Into Kingdom
Culture
Polytheistic
Believed in many different gods, who blessed their crops and more
Believed in afterlife
Pyramids
Dead rulers would be burried there
New inventions
Technology
Wrting system
Hieroglyphics
Science
Mesopotamia
Geography
Desert
Land between rivers
Tigres and Euphrates
Disadvantages
Flooding
No barriers
Limited resources
Solutions
Irrgation ditches
Built city walls
Trading
City-States
Number of cities with the same culture, but different governments
Functioned as an independent country works now a days
Ziggurat
A temple were priest would communicate with the gods.
Located in the middle of all cities
Had food surplus
Sumer
Sumerian culture
Ploytheism
Gods controlled nature
Demons cursed their crops
Hierarchy
Social class affected both genders
Babylon
China
Geography
Environmental challenges
Many invasions
Floods made disasters
Isolated caused no tradings
North
Gobi desert
West
Taklimakan desert
Natural barriers: Yellow and Yangtze rivers
East
Yellow Seas
South
Himalayas
Culture
Writing system
Writing is differnt than writing
a lot of memorization for the language
Religion
Different gods
Oracle bones
FAMILY - important concept in society
HIerarchy/ Social Class
nobles and peasants
Dynasties
Qin
Terracota army
Great wall of China
Shang
First written reports
Capital
Xia
Yu
Huang He river : floods were controlled
Indus
Dissapeared
Theories for decline
Climate change, dry river
Geography
Environmental Challenges
Monsons were unpredictable
Flooding couldnt be controlled
Course changing of the rivers
Monsoons
-seasonal prevailing wind
Winter
Very dry
A lot of wind
Summer
A lot of rain
Caused floods
High mounatins
Agriculture richness
Indus river civilization
City planning
Very advanced planning
Harappa
Systems of planning
brick walls
protection
temples
agricultural influence
Culture
Language
Had a writting system, but until today, it is undechiphered
400 symbols
Religion
artifacts found
Animals were in most of the artifacts, with leads to the conclusion that animals were very worshipped
Trading
The Indus river itself was a great way of transportation, promoting trade
Sources: Social Studies 9th grade book