Early River Valley Civilizations: Sumerian Civilization - Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia) Egyptian Civilization - Nile River Harappan Civilization - Indus River Ancient China - Huang He (Yellow) River Mesopotmia Flat plain known as Mesopotamia lies between the two rivers in SW Asia(Middle East) . Because of this region’s shape and the richness of its soil(silt) it is called the Fertile Crescent‚ the rivers flood unpredictably. Sumerians were first to settle in this region‚ attracted by
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Before 600 BCE in the Ancient River Civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ they developed cultures that share similar religious beliefs and writing systems‚ but different types of architectural monumental buildings. Mesopotamia and Egypt had similar religious beliefs. Mesopotamia was a polytheistic religion. They had gods like UR and Uruk. Egypt was also a polytheistic religion‚with gods like Isis and Osiris. They created different gods which helped to explain why different things occurred
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(Early River Civilizations) The four early river valley civilizations were the Sumerian/Mesopotamia‚ Egyptian‚ Harappan and Ancient China. All of these civilizations were located on fertile river beds to make planting crops much easier. They all made technological advances in their time span and set the ground for future generations. The Sumerian civilization also known as Mesopotamia/The Fertile Crescent is located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers….this is how it gets its name the Fertile
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Ancient river civilizations in the Mediterranean as well as Central and South America denote some of the world’s first civilizations. The Phoenician’s civilization was founded in what is now Lebanon‚ Syria‚ and parts of northern Africa‚ the Chavin society developed around modern day Peru where the Mosna and huachescsa rivers merge. The Phoenician civilization created their society around 1100 B.C.E and the Chavín civilization was established around from 900 B.C.E. The Phoenician and the Chavin showed
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River Valley Civilizations River Valley Civilizations were the first elements of civilizations. They were the first civilizations that influenced our society today. Two of the world’s first river valley civilizations were the Nile River Valley in Egypt‚ and the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley in Mesopotamia. These river valley civilizations survived because they had the characteristics that demonstrate what a civilization is‚ and how the people survived. Both civilization achieved‚ and contributed
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major river-valley civilizations? The four major river valleys were: Nile river (Egypt)‚ Indus (Pakistan) Tigris and Euphrates (what is now Iraq)‚ and the yellow river (what is now china). Egypt (Nile River) was surrounded by marshlands‚ ponds‚ and lakes. There was “black earth”‚ an alluvial plain created from regular floods from central African headwaters‚ Egypt was bordered by the Sahara desert‚ with scattered oasis. Indus (Pakistan) had wide alluvial floodplain and frequent changing river courses
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Starting off‚ the importance of these certains rivers played a crucial impact on the Earliest Civilizations in Ancient Egypt because this was their way of survival. Without these rivers‚ the source of water‚ irrigation for their farmland‚ and their way of water transportation to transport goods to make a living would have not be able to do. Most people do believe that if the Nile River did not exist then none of the Egyptians would have had any motive towards anything as in a way of lifestyle.
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Some of the earliest civilizations on Earth were the Early River Valley Civilizations. All of these civilizations existed between 3500 and 1500 BCE. Three of these civilizations‚ China‚ Sumer‚ and Egypt shared many characteristics. Among these common characteristics were the development of agriculture through irrigation‚ the importance of religion in society‚ and the form of government they shared. The first characteristic these civilizations shared was the development of agriculture in their
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The Huang He River gave birth to a Chinese civilization which was mostly isolated from the other parts of the world. This early Chinese civilization was located far from the Egyptian civilization that formed along the Nile River. Despite the distance‚ these two civilizations made almost identical advancements that shaped their daily life and cultures‚ and shared similar ideas in ruling their societies. China and Egypt’s cultures are alike because both civilizations made similar advancements in writing
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Indus and Yellow River Valleys • Origin and spread of ideas • Interaction between the “civilized” and “uncivilized” 1. Indus vs. Aryans • Note: Harappan civilization same as Indus • Historical Significance 1. Indus discovered to British in the 1840s (ruins knew earlier by locals) 2. British used Indus brick in railroad construction 3. Increasing interest in increases 4. Discovery of seals with writing intensifies interest 5. Harappa “discovered” in 1920s 6. They said it’s a “new”/ just
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