ࡱ> @B?_ _bjbj:: *X{9\X{9\_:::::D~~~~4~P0$6!::: ":::,)b ";  0PER!!!:$P!> : Ancient River Valley Civilizations Review Sheet Mesopotamia Geography Euphrates and Tigris River (Flooding irregular). Fertile Crescent. Modern Day Iraq. Silt. Land between the rivers. Religion Polytheistic. Humans to serve gods. Afterlife bad. Ziggurat. Achievements Wheel. Sail. Cuneiform. First written code of laws. Irrigation. Mathematics. Society Had distinct social classes. Know the levels. 90% Farmers. Government Monarchy. City-States. (Sumer, Ur, Uruk) People Hammurabi. Sargon. Scribes. Akkad (First Empire). Miscellaneous Gilgamesh. Sumer (First civilization). Egypt Geography Nile River. (Flooding regular). Surrounded by Sahara desert. Cataracts. Silt. Upper -v- Lower Egypt. Deltas. Religion Polytheistic. Pharaohs rule from the afterlife. Pyramids (Tombs of pharaohs). Mummification. Achievements Hieroglyphics. Papyrus. Rosetta Stone. Solar calendars. Flooding calendars. Irrigation. Geometry. Society Had distinct social classes. Know the levels. Government Theocracy. Pharaohs. Organized Govt. People King Menes. Ramses II. Ra (Sun God) Miscellaneous Sphinx. Direction of River flow.Indus Geography Subcontinent. Indus and Ganges Rivers. Deccan Plateau. Mountain ranges (Himalaya and Hindu Kush). Monsoons. Religion Polytheistic. Early ties to Hindu. Achievements Planned cities (Grid system). Sewage system. Plumbing. Oven baked mud bricks. Stamps and seals for trade. Toilet. Society No distinct social classes. Prosperous society. Relatively peaceful. Info largely unknown (no deciphered written language) Government Strong central government. Miscellaneous Mohenjo-Daro. Harappa. Also known as Harappan Civilization. Mysterious collapse. China Geography Huang He and Yangtze rivers. Geographically isolated. Gobi desert. Himalayan Mountains. Religion Polytheistic. Ancestor worship. Oracle bones Achievements Use of silk. Walled cities. Timber-framed houses. Use of bronze. Society Social Classes. Centered around the family. Women were inferior. Elderly had special privileges. Warrior nobles. Peasants. Government Dynasties. Mandate of Heaven. Feudalism. Miscellaneous Loess. Dynastic cycle. Shang and Zhou dynasties.  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