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    The ancient River Valley civilizations of Egypt‚ China‚ and Mesopotamia all made key contributions to future societies. Hieroglyphics and cuneiform were both systems of language that helped keep records and track of history and events. Hammurabi Code and Confucianism both set laws and ideas to regulate society. Pyramids and Chinese trade both helped expand civilization and allowed societies to grow and establish their own cultures. Hammurabi Code and Confucianism are categorized as social because

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    countries‚ peoples‚ and natural resources. River valleys‚ mountains‚ deserts‚ islands‚ rainforest‚ and climate are some structures that are considered as geographical features. A geographical feature such as river valleys had an importance in the ways people lived in earlier civilizations. These river valleys have had positively and negatively affected these early civilizations such as Egypt‚ India‚ and China. As people started to depend on farming‚ civilizations‚ which were societies that had a high

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    Rivers played a big role in why civilizations were able to grow so large because it could provide people with a way of transportation‚ water to drink‚ and irrigate their crops. The Chinese first started to settle the land about 1.7 billion years ago near the Yun Nan Province in the south near the Yangtze River. Yun Nan has a warm climate to grow crops‚ and the river gave them water to drink and gave them a way to irrigate their crops. Fish also were an abundant food supply. As they prospered‚

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    APWH Summer Essay/River Valley Civilization My duties for this question are to compare and contrast Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations. While it is true that both civilizations originated approximately around the same time they do hold many differences which will be outline in the paragraphs below to the best of my ability. However vast‚ the difference may be‚ both civilizations also hold some similarities that will also be outline in the following paragraphs.The Mesopotamian

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    Egypt. The yearly activity is that it floods the river valley and moist fertile land is left behind. The resource the Nile has is the floodplain full of fertile land 5. Cataract- an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls 6. Delta- at one of the ends of rivers where the river spreads into many different streams 7. Silt- fine sand or clay that is easily carried by water 8. Papyrus- another type of paper that early civilizations used to write impotant info. It is thicker than

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    the characteristics in the Indus River Civilization were Harappa Civilization which was formed along the Indus River. On other hand River Dynasties in China was developed in a River Valley. Major cities which were Kalibangan‚ Mohenjo-Daro‚ and Harappa. The cities were organized planner‚ they made of brick to prevent flooding‚ as well as bathrooms and sewers. The cities in China were divided into class‚ floods was one of their environmental challenges. The Indus River was more of a peaceful place that

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    Compare and Contrast the Four River Valleys For reasons unknown four regions between 5000 and 2000 B.C.E rapidly expanded their land and changed at a quicker pace than other regions. They all had better agriculture‚ technology‚ development of state power and construction of cities. These rivers were the Nile in Egypt‚ the valley of the Indus River‚ which is now Pakistan‚ Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers‚ which is today known as Iraq and the Yellow River in China. These

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    Since the study of ancient times began‚ historians have noted several aspects between ancient civilizations that are quite extraordinary. Communities that were separated by thousands of kilometers and even oceans have managed to solve situations in the same way and create same or similar objects. Further in this essay‚ some examples of similarities between ancient civilizations will be told and reasons for this to happen will be discussed. Many civilizations in the past have had the same ideas while

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    Early settlements not "civilizations" Jericho and Catal Huyuk Domestication of plans and animals leads to a food surplus Food surplus leads to a specialization of labor creating: Religion‚ writing‚ artisans and goods‚ merchants and trade‚ architectural advances‚ military and improved technologies (Ex. Wheel (3500 BCE)‚ plow‚ iron) Iron metallurgy Bronze Age (3000 BCE) Iron Age (1300 BCE) Theme 1 (Interaction between humans and environment)

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    The Indus Valley Civilization About Indus Valley Civilization The earliest traces of civilization in the Indian subcontinent are to be found in places along‚ or close‚ to the Indus River. Excavations first conducted in 1921-22‚ in the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro‚ both now in Pakistan‚ pointed to a highly complex civilization that first developed some 4‚500-5‚000 years ago‚ and subsequent archaeological and historical research has now furnished us with a more detailed picture

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