River Valleys
The average human being can only survive roughly 3 days without this resource.
What is fresh water?
This simple piece mental technology can be seen in modern day to day life.
What is money?
Farms made out of burned down forests. After the fields were no longer fertile, farmers abandoned these lands until they could be used again. In the meantime, farmers would burn and clear new lands for farming.
What is Slash and Burn?
If (1) Athens and (2) Sparta were listed in this order then these two governmental systems, which would be considered completely apposed in modern day circumstances, would be listed similarly.
What is Direct Democracy and Dual Monarchy
A resource that would typically take men days to acquire in the Nomadic period can be found in abundance in river valley areas
What are animals?
Darius I divided his empire into these things.
What is a Satrap/Satrapy?
Farms built on the banks of rivers to lift crops up above the annual floodwaters.
What is Raised Fields
If (1) Athens and (2) Sparta were listed in this order, then these 2 types of militaries would be listed in a similar order to show each cities strengths.
What is (1) Navy and (2) Trade
This necessary activity for increasing cultural diffusion is made significantly easier by the presence of rivers.
What is trade?
Darius, using this institution of men, made sure that local areas of his empire ran efficiently and obediently.
What is "the eyes and ears of the king"?
Farms carved out of flat strips of land on steep hillsides and built stone walls to hold the land in place.
What are Stepped Terraces?
If (1) Athens and (2) Sparta were listed in this order then women's access to education and ability to acquire jobs would be listed similarly for each city state.
What is (1) No access and few jobs and (2) Common access and many jobs
2 very constant dangers exist as a consequence of living in these areas. Further, 2 incomplete solutions make living in proximity to a river possible. And, 1 further solution completes the previous 2.
What is flooding and invasion? What is Armies and Complex Construction? What is Organized Government?
This system of efficient government management using appointed officials was introduced to the Persian empire by Darius.
What is Bureaucracy?
Artificial islands made of mud piled atop reed mats that were anchored to the shallow lake-bed with willow trees and farmed.
What are Chinampas?
If (1) Athens and (2) Sparta were listed in this order then these 2 forms of economics would be listed similarly to show each city's strengths.
This rare resource increases the fertility of land and can be found in river valleys.
What is Silt?
Like Hammurabi Darius made sure to publish his laws and unify them so that they did not contradict.
What is codify?
If the (1) Mayans, (2) Aztecs, and (3)Inca were listed in this order. These three farming techniques would be listed in matching order (1), (2), (3).
What are Raised fields, Chinampas, and Terrace Farming?
If (1) Athens and (2) Sparta were listed in this order then these virtues would be listed in a similar order for each city.
What is (1) Wisdom/Prudence/Artistry/or Sophistry and (2) courage/strength/loyalty/ or Laconicism