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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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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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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Throughout the course of history‚ civilizations have been developing all over the globe. Some of these civilizations have shared several goals‚ experiences‚ and problems. Two particularly noteworthy civilizations are those of Greece and China. Greece had many city-states within in it. Two major Greek city-states were Sparta and Athens. Despite belonging to Greece‚ these city-states were unique culturally‚ politically‚ and socially. The Han Dynasty in China is another civilization that was unique in terms
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Chapter 1 Notes From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations I. Introduction A. __________________Human Origin_______ – 2.5 million years ago 1. 1/4000 of earth’s existence – 24 hour day – last 5 minutes Major Human Evolution slowed ___140‚000________ years ago with modern ___Homo Sapiens_____________________ Erectus 1st “______Out of Africa____________________” migration 1.7 million years ago years ago B. Human negatives and positives 1. ____________Aggressiveness____________‚ long
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MesoAmerica had great civilizations that had marvelous accomplishments before the arrival of the Europeans. The greatest of these civilizations are the Maya‚ the Aztec‚ and the Inca. The Maya‚ known for their writing glyphs‚ and their trade network‚ made them great. Also the Aztec and Inca accomplishments consist of roads‚ trade systems‚ Quipus‚ and much more. The Maya were located in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico‚ and they were also located in parts of Guatemala and Belize. The Inca were located
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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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In Kevin Reilly’s article‚ “Cities and Civilization”‚ he allows us to examine the selections that show the overall transformation of the urban revolution in both Mesopotamia and Egypt. Reilly argues that “civilization” and urbanism developed differently in various places. He offers various examples with evidence for this assertion‚ but on one major point‚ gender roles‚ this is inaccurate. Even though civilizations have developed in various places‚ it did not prevent them from designating gender
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of Ancient Civilisations of the world. They are most well known for being a River Valley Civilization. Both of these River valley civilizations had the similarities of being invaded‚ and also both being river valley civilizations. Even though they seem so similar‚ India and Egypt have their differences too. These differences include different writing styles‚ and different geography and climate. The knowledge of both civilizations has changed the future of the world today. Egypt and India had many
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The first full civilization emerged by 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley in the Middle East. Relatively soon thereafter civilization developed along the Nile in Egypt‚ and later spread to other parts of the Middle East and one region in Africa. The advent of civilization provided a framework for most of the developments in world history. Additionally‚ the specific early civilizations that arose in the Middle East and Africa had several distinctive features‚ in political structure
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