Throughout Global history, there have been many river valleys which play a big role on early civilization and make the important contribution to the world. Three civilization of these is Mesopotamia, India, and China. Mesopotamia is the land that located between Tigris and Euphrates river. This can be considered as the reason why Mesopotamia called Mesopotamia. In Greek, it technically means between two rivers, and obviously this is exactly what was happening.…
My theory is that it was an ancient civilization with technology far beyond anyone else at that time. Unfortunately if that is true it has been washed away. In a documentary I watched, scientist captured footage of the underwater location that they believe atlantis was. Under water there were patterns that they believed were not formed naturally, They looked like building structures.…
An effect of that was that not everybody needed to involve themselves in only the activity of finding and preparing food, which caused people to start making art and other things that will improve on how they can live their life. Catal Huyuk-An archeological site in south central Turkey, considered one the oldest cities in the world. Catal Huyuk used to be a river civilization and gives us an insight on how people changed from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic period. Slash and Burn Farming-A farming method that involves cutting and burning in a forest or woodland to create fields called swiddens. This provided a much simpler way to make room for fields for people in the Neolithic era so they could farm.…
, the next three specific civilizations emerged. By 2000 (to 1,200) B.C.E, the Indus Valley, China, and The Olmec had all appeared. 2. What accounts for the initial breakthroughs to civilizations? • Civilizations were rooted in the Agricultural Revolution.…
Key Concept 1.3 The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies 1. Civilizations are large societies with cities and powerful states. Defining characteristics of civilizations include: producing agricultural surpluses, specialization of labor, containing cities, complex institutions (political bureaucracies, armies, religious hierarchies), having clearly stratified social hierarchies, and organized long-distance trade. 2. As civilizations grew, and populations increased, competition for surplus resources (food), led to greater social stratification, specialization of labor, increased trade, more complex systems of government and religion, and the development of record keeping.…
5. Mississippi River Valley: The location of Native American empires that relied on the cultivation of crops, such as squash and maize, as well as trade for the sustainment of their societies. Technological advancements varied among societies, but were all relatively sophisticated.…
I also think they needed to talk more about the culture of the two civilizations. For example, how they lived and what kind of food they ate and what kind of houses they lived in. Overall, I really liked the video. The video had a lot of information and it was very interesting.…
The earliest forms of civilization date back thousands of years. This often leads to a question pertaining to what exactly civilization is. While there are many different definitions of what civilizations truly are, there were a few common denominators that held true for most of the earliest communities. Each town or village was usually built along the rivers or in the river valleys. Two of these original settlements were Mesopotamia and Egypt.…
When we think of Mesopotamia or Egypt we can automatically assume that these two civilizations were of prominence to today’s society. Mesopotamia and Egypt were two very different civilizations with very different values, beliefs, norms and even Religions. Yet both artistic styles and interests were somewhat similar and composed of common materials and resources used to make certain sculptures and paintings. Both civilizations contributed greatly to our art advancements and made it possible for us to better advance over the years with the use of their techniques and style. Mesopotamia is considered to be one of the first human civilizations.…
The geographical features of a land will determine if it is suitable for farming. Humans began with hunting and gathering, which caused them to constantly travel. Traveling took up most of early humans’ time, not allowing them to focus on different aspects of development. Ancient Mesopotamia became one of the first civilizations, due to its geographic features. Mesopotamia was located between two rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris River.…
Some of the rooms within the homes were set aside for bathing and waste. Two characteristics that define them as an agricultural society is the large well and reservoir system, and the centralized marketplace. Mohenjo-Daro was a well fortified city despite the lack of city walls, it did have towers that served as the defensive fortification. Mohenjo-Daro follows with the architectural layout of other Indus Valley sites of this time adding to the belief that the cities within the Indus River Valley created a system of unified regional government that led to these highly advanced societies. Unlike Catal Huyuk, Mohenjo-Daro does show evidence of some religion.…
The Nile and Indus River Valley were both life lines for the people who settled near them. The Nile and Indus River Valley had provided a barrier from war and disease, while providing them with rich soil to grow their crops. Without the help of these two rivers, the people would have had a difficult time making a living. Not only did the Nile and Indus Rivers give the people a way of life, it had helped make them the first known cities in the middle east.…
Agriculture led to the development of civilization and a division of society by class because many technological advances were made in the agricultural society that were considered revolutionary. For instance, cities situated along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers built irrigation systems, an artificial application of water to the land. This stimulated farm-production tremendously and made possible to support thousands and thousands of people (42). This invention shows that at this point in time, humans were in an advanced state in society. Following this development, people were also more engaged in learning new things, such as how to smelt copper or how to harness power.…
The Earliest civilization in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East was Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is bordered on its sides by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia, in fact, is Greek for “between the rivers.” The rise of Sumerian Civilization began when the first Sumerian cities began in the lower part of Mesopotamia, and Sumer became a great empire inside of Mesopotamia. The Indus River Valley Civilization is the first civilization in India.…
Dyana Postelle Many times the best way to understand civilizations is in reference to another civilization or civilizations in the same time period, or by comparing advancements in language, size, and trade, or by comparing city-state and territorial-state perameters. In this essay I will discuss the Indus Valley Civilizations, and more specifically Mohenjo-daro with regards to its similarities and differences to Mesopotamian, and Egyptian civilizations, and its status as a city-sate or territorial-state. Although the Indus Valley Civilizations were bigger than Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, they are the least known about.…