Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Early River Valley Civilizations

Today in class I did not feel good at all. After class I left school. In class today, we didn’t do much besides take notes from out textbooks, here are some of them.

Þ  The earliest civilizations formed on fertile river plains. 
-These lands faced challenges such as seasonal flooding and limited growing area.

Þ  Projects such as irrigation systems required leadership and laws.
-the beginnings of a well, organized government.

Þ  Early civilizations developed bronze tools, the wheel, the sail, the plow, writing, and math.
-These innovations spread through trade, wars, and the movement of people.

Þ  Southwest Asia’s curved land and richness of the land is a place called the fertile crescent. 

Þ  The Greek meaning for the word Mesopotamia is “Land between the rivers”

-      The rivers framing Mesopotamia are the Tigris river and the Euphrates river.

Þ  The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flood Mesopotamia at least once a year.
-As the flood water receded it leaves a thick bed of mud.


Þ  The Hammurabis code held people responsible for their actions.

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