Chapter 1 Reading Guide From Human Prehistory to the Early River Valley Civilizations DIRECTIONS: Read Chapter 1: From Human Prehistory to the Early River Valley Civilizations DIRECTIONS: Define the following vocabulary terms. Paleolithic Age: The Old Stone Age ending in 12‚000 b.c.e.; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence. Neolithic Age: The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 b.c.e.; period in which adaption of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication
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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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(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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Mesopotamia and the Indus civilization are two great civilizations with different aspects to their development. The Indus civilization had a long-lasting effect that is seen today by the name India‚ which was taken from the name Indus. They both have famous scriptures‚ the Rgveda for Indus‚ and the Epic of Gilgamesh in Mesopotamia which influences the civilization. They also have two different developments of their language‚ the Semitic language in Mesopotamia and Proto-Indo European(PIE) and Proto-Indo
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Mesopotamia vs. Indus River Valley 9/26/12 Ancient Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley civilization were two incredibly productive and successful empires. While Mesopotamian politics were slightly less focused on religion and more on other aspects‚ the two societies shared many social characteristics. They both had defined social hierarchies‚ as well as similar views on gender roles. These traits are helpful in explaining the similarities and differences between
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225 : Indus Valley Civilization and Hinduism The origins of Hinduism‚ centered on the relationship between Hinduism and the Indus Valley civilization‚ have always been fiercely debated amongst historians and scholars. The Indus Valley civilization flourished from around 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE (Flood‚ pg 23). However‚ without written records of this prehistoric civilization‚ we are unable to make accurate claims about the religious practices of this civilization. The people of the Indus Valley did have
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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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Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley civilizations have long been compared throughout history and were both some of the earliest civilizations in the world. Mesopotamia‚ also known as‚ ’the land between the rivers‚’ was named for the triangular area between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. This area has been extended and now covers modern day Iraq‚ adding ancient Assyria and Babylonia to that land. The Indus civilization is often referred to as the Harappan civilization from the first city discovered
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Specialized labor and written language was something that the Indus Valley civilization had a lot of and created. For specialized labor they would have different people or groups of people to have different jobs or professions in which they would create things for the river valley civilization. For example‚ “they had a person who made various tools. The tools they made were hammers‚ knives‚ needles‚ fish-hooks‚ axes‚ razors‚ and saws. But apart from these common tools‚ there were also stone querns
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