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| 7327423040 | Mesopotamia | •located on Tigris/Euphrates Rivers •Fertile Crescent •cuneiform was their form of writing •animism •Kings ruled city states •ziggurats •patriarchy •excelled in writing and science •invaded by sumerians •bronze, copper, silver | 0 | |
| 7327444781 | Ancient Egypt | •located on the Nile River •Pharoahs •pyramids •hieroglyphics •men and women worked together •trades with Mesopotamia, Kush, and Punt •excelled in mathematics •influenced by Mesopotamia •pharoahs burried in tombs/pyramids •valued art and nature | 1 | |
| 7327484008 | Harappa and Mohenjo Daro | •located on Indus River •animism •trades with Mesopotamia •2 major cities along Indus •large number of laborers •weak military •powerful priest class •citadels •traded with China (minimal) | 2 | |
| 7327506265 | Shang Dynasty (Huang He) | •located on Yellow River •isolated •other side of the Himalayas •worshipped ancestors (P'an Ku) •warlike nomads •horse riding and pottery •minimal trade •strong military •leaders claimed dominion over world | 3 | |
| 7327555335 | Nomads | People who did not make the transition to agriculture and stuck to hunting and gathering | 4 | |
| 7327562821 | The Neolithic Revolution | •Time period between about 9000 BCE and 3000 BCE the transition to agriculture was made •began in the Middle East/Southeast Asia and developed independently •domestication of animals | 5 |
