River Valleys
the area of land nearby and parallel to a river
What is river valley
Which geographic feature did early river valley civilizations settle near?
What are rivers?
A large town
What is a city?
The belief in and worship of a god or gods
What is Religion?
A major "Turning Point".
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
Its name means "between two rivers".
What is Mesopotamia?
The civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
A set of laws
What is legal code?
The process of focusing on a specific job
What is job specialization?
farming
What is agriculture?
An early river valley civilization established on the Nile River
What is Egypt?
To get fresh water, fish, and travel on
Why civilizations settled near rivers?
The group of people that has power to make laws and important decisions for a community, state, or nation
What is government?
The collection of tools, including machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures used by humans
What is technology?
To tame; to change a wild plant or animal so it can be grown or raised by humans
What is domesticate?
(3950-1500 BCE) an early river valley civilization established on the Yellow River
What is Shang China?
Indus River Valley Civilization
What is the civilization is located near the Indus river?
System of communication; words, phrases, symbols
What is language?
Symbols that have meaning and can be put together to express ideas
What is writing system?
Food exceeded what was needed
What is surplus?
2500-1700 BCE) an early river valley civilization located in the present-day countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India that included the cities Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
What is Indus River Valley?
Ancient China
What is civilization located near the Huang He river?
Consisting of many different and connected parts
What is complex?
The state in which a society is organized through grouping people usually based on wealth, religion, ethnicity, or other factors
What is social hierarchy?
The extra food not only helped keep people alive
What is increased population?