EARLY CIVILIZATIONS OPEN-NOTES TEST November 19, 2018 Global History through Literacy Agenda: NOTES #17: What important developments came from early China and early India? EARLIEST PEOPLE AND EARLY CIVILIZATIONS OPEN-NOTES TEST TOMORROW (BASED ON NOTES #s 14– 17)

What important developments came from early China and early India What important developments came from early China and early India? Notes #17

Like others early civilizations, early China and India were similar in that both developed along rivers where the soil was fertile.

Early China was located along the Yellow (or Huang He) and the Yangtze Rivers. Yellow River  Yangzte River

The early Chinese people were the first to develop written Chinese and set up a dynasty to rule China. Xia Dynasty

Early India was located along the Indus River.

The early Indian cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro show evidence of some of the first urban planning.

The early Indian people were also the first to grow cotton and weave it into cloth.