RAMESE S III River Valley Civilizations The “Cradles of Civilization”

Helped protect many early civilizations from nomadic invaders

E MI C

(3500 BC to 500 BC)

Arc of fertile land stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea Mesopotamia

Pictures could stand for sounds as well as ideas

Egyptian god- kings

Indus Valley Civilization

The great bath at Mohenjo-Daro

Also called the Yellow River and the River of Sorrows (yellow silt caused flooding)

before after

Characters stood for ideas, not sounds.

Bronze vessel used for sacrificial food