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E ARLY R IVER V ALLEY C IVILIZATIONS A Nice Place to Start

W HAT IS A C IVILIZATION ? Advanced Cities Specialized Workers Complex Institutions Record Keeping Advanced Technology

W HAT H AS C HANGED ? People began to colonize River Valley Civilizations Rivers flooded and allowed for good farming Silt When you grow your own food, you don’t need to travel These early groups also domesticated animals My co-workers are freaks…I mean that dude has a tail, seriously?

T HE E ARLIEST C IVILIZATIONS Mesopotamia Egypt India China Phoenecia Minoan

C IVILIZATIONS AND THEIR W ATER S OURCE Mesopotamia Tigris & Euphrates Egypt Nile India Indus & Ganges China Yangtze & Huang-He Minoan Island in the Mediterranean Phoenecian On the coast of the Mediterranean I’m so tired from all of this running That joke is so played, river

W AIT …W HICH G OD WAS T HAT ? R ELIGION IN EARLY C ULTURES Polytheistic Religions containing many gods Each civilization had its own unique religion, but they all maintained similar characteristics Religion is extremely important in all cultures

N EW T ECHNOLOGIES Irrigation Ditches City Walls Wheel Sail Plow Writing styles Bronze & Iron

N EW A RCHITECTURE I DEAS Arch Ramp Pyramid Column

G REAT C REATIONS OF THE ERVC E RA Pyramids Egypt Alphabet Phoenecia Hammurabi’s Code Babylon Birth of Hinduism India Foundation for the Olympics Minoans First Written Language Mesopotamia First Religious Temple Mesopotamia

L ET ’ S A LL S HARE S OMETHING Cultural Diffusion begins with the rise and fall of empires Definition: the sharing of culture through trade and interaction These girls just saw Two Girls One Cup

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