RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS

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IN COMMON

• SETTLED CLOSE TO RIVERS
• IRRIGATION
• BENEFITED FROM A SURPLUS OF FOOD (AGRICULTURE)
• ENGAGED IN SPECIALIZATION
• POLYTHEISTIC

MESOPOTAMIA

CHARACTERISTICS

• RIVERS (TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES UNPREDICTABLE)
• NO NATURAL BARRIERS
• LIMITED RESOURCES
• INDEPENDENT CITY STATES

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• WRITING (CUNEIFORM)
• BRONZE
• WHEEL
• SAIL
• PLOW

EGYPT

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CHARACTERISTICS

• PREDICTABLE FLOODING
• NATURAL BARRIERS
• PHARAOHS RULE AS GODS
• LIFE AFTER DEATH (PYRAMIDS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• WRITING (HIEROGLYPHICS)
• PYRAMIDS
• MATHEMATICS (GEOMETRY)
• MEDICINE

INDUS RIVER VALLEY

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CHARACTERISTICS

• UNPREDICTABLE FLOODING
• NATURAL BARRIERS
• MONSOON WINDS
• CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
• PLANNED CITIES

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• WRITING (NOT DECIPHERED)
• CITIES BUILT ON PRECISE GRID
• PLUMBING AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS

YELLOW RIVER VALLEY

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CHARACTERISTICS

• UNPREDICTABLE FLOODING
• NATURAL BARRIERS
• ISOLATED
• STRONG FAMILY CONNECTIONS
• MANDATE OF HEAVEN

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• WRITING (BASED ON IMAGES NOT SOUNDS)
• SILK (SILK ROAD)
• COINED MONEY
• CAST IRON