SOL WHI.3 Early River Valley Civilizations Humans settled ...
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Humans settled in river valleys during the new stone age • Rich soil • Irrigation waters
for agriculture • Protection from
invasion
Ancient civilizations that developed in River Valleys
• Mesopotamia • Tigris and Euphrates River
• Egyptian • Nile River
• Indian • Indus River
• Chinese • Huang He River
Other early civilizations (around 2000 to 500 B.C.)
• Hebrew • Between Mediterranean Sea
and the Jordan river • Phoenicians
• Along the Mediterranean coast • Nubia
• Located on the upper (southern) Nile in Africa
SOL WHI.3 Early River Valley Civilizations
Located on the Lower Nile (predictable
flooding)
Hieroglyphics
Pharaohs
Pyramids and the Sphinx
Polytheistic Afterlife
Rigid class system where slavery was
accepted
Fertile Crescent • Tigris River • Euphrates River
• Flooding unpredictable
Sumer • Social Classes • Polytheistic • Cuneiform –
wedge shaped writing
• Ziggurats
Babylon • Code of
Hammurabi • Eye for
and eye • Gloomy
afterlife
Located between the Lebanon Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea • skilled at traveling on
the sea • Greatest traders in the
ancient world • colonies around the
Mediterranean Sea • No afterlife • Sacrificed children to
satisfy the Gods • Greatest contribution:
• Alphabet
Indus River Valley • Harappa • Mohenjo Daro
• Well organized cities
Huang He (Yellow River) Valley
Between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea
Believed in one-all knowing, all-powerful God • Abraham • Moses and the Ten
Commandments
Torah – the sacred text of Judaism
The monotheism of Abraham became the
foundation of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam.
All people deserve kindness.
Judaism spread through exile and diaspora
Label the early river valley civilizations on the map
Review Questions
1. Why did ancient civilizations develop in river valleys?
2. Where were the earliest civilizations located?
3. When did the early civilizations exist?
4. What were the social, political, and economic characteristics of early civilizations?
5. What religious traditions developed in ancient civilizations?
6. What were the essential beliefs of Judaism?
7. How did Judaism influence Western civilization?
8. What forms of languages and writing existed in early civilization?
Define:
1. Mesopotamia 2. Pictograms 3. Hieroglyphics 4. Dynasties 5. Pharaoh 6. City-states 7. Empires 8. Code of Hammurabi 9. Polytheism 10. Monotheism 11. Judaism 12. Torah 13. Exile 14. Diaspora 15. Ten Commandments 16. Cuneiform
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