used in the construction of the walls and towers of Babylon; there were oil pits near Ardericca (near Babylon)‚ and a pitch spring on Zacynthus.[32] Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus‚ one of the tributaries of the Euphrates. Ancient Persian tablets indicate the medicinal and lighting uses of petroleum in the upper levels of their society. In the 1850s‚ the process to distill kerosene from petroleum was invented by Ignacy Łukasiewicz‚ providing a cheaper alternative
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such as the making of plows‚ to help make their work easier that worked with animals‚ mathematics; hieroglyphics. Metal weapons were developed for the villages to protect their valuable resources. The most important resource was the Nile‚ Tigris-Euphrates‚ Yellow‚ and Indus Rivers. The rivers were very important because there were floods that helped to provide the fertile soil for survival. Helped farmers get the water they needed to get on their fields during the dry season. This resulted in an irrigation
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Ancient Canaan was not a “No-Man’s” but rather an “Any-Man’s” land. Situated between the Nile River Valley and the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley it served as common ground for the movements (socioeconomic and military) of other important and powerful civilizations. Its fate‚ repeatedly influenced by that of the Egyptians‚ rose and fell with the events of their neighbors. The relative peace in Egypt during the Old Kingdom era (2575-2100 B.C.E) left Canaan to be a loose quiet place with locally based
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Steven R. Goodman AASP100 England May 5‚ 2010 Reaction #2 Langston Hughes Poetry A Literary Analysis of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” The Harlem Renaissance can be considered as “the cultural boom” in African-American history. Spanning from the 1920s into the mid-1930s‚ the Harlem Renaissance was an apex in African-American intellectualism. The period is also recognized as the “New Negro Movement”—named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. Alain LeRoy Locke was an American educator
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civilizations based on geography and resources. Though these early civilizations all differed‚ they all played an important role in the development of the modern world. The earliest known civilization was located in the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and was known as Mesopotamia. Its location made it easy for farming due to the nearby rivers and the population grew steadily. As the population grew‚ the civilization created a monarchial government and social classes were molded based on
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geographical definition is used‚ for example‚ in the latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Geographical Dictionary‚[2] as well as the archeological community.[3] Under this definition‚ Anatolia is bounded to the East by the Armenian Highland‚ and the Euphrates before that river bends to the southeast to enter Mesopotamia.[3] To the southeast‚ it is bounded by the ranges that separate it from the Orontes valley in Greater Syria and the Mesopotamian plain.[3] However‚ following the establishment of the
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and Ancient Greek Civilizations The Ancient Egyptians‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Greeks were some of the oldest complex societies‚ although similar in many aspects. Mesopotamia is located in the Fertile Crescent‚ land in and between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers usually known as modern day Iraq and Eastern Syria.(24) In Egypt‚ the Nile River creates a fertile valley which is rich in nutrients and essential to their survival. The Nile flows from Burundi‚ slightly south of the equator eventually traveling
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2. What were the environmental surroundings of each of the four 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)
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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 although grew faster they also shared similarities and differences between ecology and their floodplains. As well as their society about settlement and labor
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The River Nile The Nile is famous as the longest river in the world. The river got its name from the Greek word Neilos‚ which means valley. The two rivers that combine to make the Nile are the Euphrates and Tigris. The Nile floods the lands in Egypt‚ leaving behind black sediment. That’s why the ancient Egyptians named the river Aar‚ meaning black. The Nile River is actually 6695 kilometers (4184 miles) long. With such a long length‚ the Nile River is speculated to be the longest river in the
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