River Valley Civilization

River Valley Civilization

A. Characteristics of Civilization

1. Advanced cities

2. Specialized workers

3. Complex Institutions

4. Record Keeping

5. Advanced Technology

(WEB civilization using pages 19-23)

B. River Valley Civilization Develop (3500BC-450BC)

1. Tigris-Euphrates (Asia)

2. Nile (Africa)

3. Indus (Asia)

4. Yangtze (Chang) (Asia)

5. Hwang He (Yellow) (Asia)

A. Tigris-Euphrates River Civilizations (Turkey, Syria, Iraq to the Persian Gulf)

1. Fertile Crescent – curved shaped rich farmland

2. Mesopotamia – land between the rivers: Tigris and Euphrates

3. Sumerians – first dominant civilization

a. City-states of Uruk, Kish,Lagash, Umma and Ur.

b. Ruled by dynasties

c. Polytheistic (3,000 gods)

d. Build ziggurats that acted as temple and city hall

e. Social Classes (priests and kings highest/slaves lowest)

f. Invented the wheel, plow, silt, irrigation, arches, ramps, pyramids