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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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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up Earth’s surface include various climates‚ 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
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The religious convictions of the Mesopotamian and Egyptian River Valleys were some of the first documented. Although the gods of these two very different civilizations were different‚ they were results of the natural environment and share internal values connected to the desires and beliefs in the lives of the people. The different desires from these gods influenced their daily practices and beliefs. The Mesopotamian religion was the first documented religion. Sumerian gods embodied the forces
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plants. During this period‚ the global population changed very little‚ limited by ecological carrying capacity. With the advent of agriculture‚ food availability grew exponentially. Starvation decreased significantly‚ and family sizes increased when early people had enough food to support more offspring. While crop failures were possible‚ the overall trend of cultivating food instead of searching for it allowed for rapid growth and expansion of humanity. Advantage: Allows Settlement • Growing crops
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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 four regions
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History Essay # 1 The civilizations along the Nile River Valley in ancient Egypt and the Yellow River Valley in Ancient China shared many characteristics in relation to many economic‚ social‚ and political structures‚ though they also have some differences. Water‚ whether it be in the form of a lake‚ an ocean‚ or a river‚ has played a critical role in the development of any civilization. With that being said‚ both the Nile River and the Yellow River had civilizations that strived because of them.
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Americas 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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