Geography Shapes Our Civilizations
Achievements of the Ancient Civilizations
Characteristics of a Civilization
Great Leaders
Defining Qualities
100
Built by Sargon the Great, these helped to manage flooding in Mesopotamia.
What are canals and channels?
200
Seen here as the Egyptian example of one of the 5 characteristics of a civilization.
What are social classes?
300
Unlike his predecessor, he embraced Confucianism and it brought a flurry of achievements including literature, art, terrace farming, the seismograph, sun dials, acupuncture, the iron plow, and the wheelbarrow.
Who is the Han Dynasty?
400
This ancient group had immense growth through cultural diffusion and competition over land and resources in the form of achievements like the plow, cuneiform, sea-going ships, math, geometry, astronomy, cavalry, the chariot, armies, tax collecting, and more.
Mesopotamia
500
These two civilizations benefitted from predictable flooding and wide silt deposits, unlike those near the Tigris, Euphrates, and Huang He Rivers.
What are Ancient Egypt and Ancient India (Indus Valley)?