Warm Up: What does this comic tell us about early religion?
What primary source document that we read is referenced here?
Explain
Agenda
Comic
Quiz- Make ups
Weekly Plan
Intro to Early River Civilizations
Geography Stations
Reflection
Homework-Article Assignment
RECIPES
Religion
Economics
Cultural (arts and entertainment)
Intellectual
Political
Environmental
Social Structure
4 early River Valley Civilizations
• Sumerian Civilization (Iraq) - Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia)
• Egyptian Civilization - Nile River
• Harappan Civilization (Pakistan) - Indus River
• Ancient China - Huang He (Yellow) River
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“The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
• Sumerian Civilization - Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia)
City-States in Mesopotamia
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The Ziggurat at Ur was first excavated by British archaeologist Woolley in
1923. The Iraqi Directorate of Antiquities restored its lower stages in the
1980s.
“Egypt, the gift of the Nile”
-Herodotus, Greek Historian (484-432 BCE)
What can we infer from this quote, what did Herodotus mean by it?
“The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
• Sumerian Civilization - Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia)
• Egypt (Nile River)
• Harappan Civilization - Indus River
ENTER
The ruins of Mohenjo-Daro; Indus Valley
http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/map06ind.htm
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“The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
• Mesopotamia [Sumer] (Tigris & Euphrates Rivers)
• Egypt (Nile River)
• Indus Valley (Indus River)
• Ancient China (Huang He River)
A Chinese junk on the Huang He today.
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An artist visualizes what the ancient Chinese village of Banpo
on the Huang He may have looked like over 4,000 years ago.
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The Yellow River: Rive of Sorrow
How does the Geography affect the development of a
civilization?
Factors to consider?
Trade
Resources
Protection
Conquer
Climate
Towns & Cities
Historians need a huge
numbers of reasons to
explain why empires fail;
geographers need a
much shorter list
1.Examine the Map of Each Country
2.Using your knowledge of maps and geography,
determine how the geographic features will
affect the civilization
3.Write you answers in the Environment Box on
your handout
4.Maps can be found on p 35 (mesopotamia), p
53 (Indus Valley), handouts for China & Egypt,
marked pages in Atlas for world maps
Conclusions
• Which River Valley Civilization has the most
advantages based on its Geography and why?