Euphrates

Seljuks were Turkic nomads from Turkmenistan, related to the Uighurs, who entered the Abbasid empire around 950 AD and gradually converted to Sunni Islam. By 1030 AD the Seljuks were beginning to try to get power for themselves, and they soon conquered the Ghaznavids (who were also Turkic) and controlled most of Persia (modern Iran). Their capital was at Isfahan. Like the Ghaznavids, the Seljuks spoke Persian and encouraged Persian culture. By 1055, the Seljuk king Togrul Beg had conquered Iraq…

civilizations followed the ways of the Sumerian beliefs, but some didn’t not last but for a short period of time and were not successful. The word Mesopotamia means land between rivers, which it’s true because it falls between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River. People of the earliest civilization used copper and bronze, irrigation, created some form of writing, developed flood-plain agriculture, and had a complex religious and political system. Also the location of where Mesopotamia was…

war and brutal battles, Leaders had to use brutal methods to gain control. Humans need access to water and fertile farming ground so early humans usually settled near the water such as the Indus civilization who started their civilization near the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Ancient civilizations usually settled near flood lands which could sometimes lead to death because of the rivers over flowing. Due to a shortage of resources civilizations would fight to conquer each other's land to gain…

memory and struggles of a people can impact the individual. The era is during the Harlem Renaissance and the poem is taking place right before it happens. Hughes quotes his feelings before the Harlem took place and how he suffered. “I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young,” this quote is talking about the first human civilization that occurred and it happened in southwest Asia. That quote shows the poet was in Asia during this time and experienced the first civilization. The speaker…

which still exists today. Some Hebrews were nomadic (wandering herders) and some were traveling merchants. Hebrew artisans made goods from gold, copper, and ivory. They sold their goods by traveling on donkeys, going up the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates. They exchanged their good for…

Civilizations everywhere have their own unique quirks, but it is what they contribute to society that leaves a lasting impression. Ancient river valley civilizations are both similar and different compared to their neighboring civilizations. One civilization, though, made the most lasting impact of them all. The three societies that stood out the most were the the Nubians/Kushites, the Akkadians, and the Babylonians. Geography played a major role in how the individuals of that particular…

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…

division of labor to expand their power and influence. These cultures focused their dependents on the sustainability of river basins such as: the Mesopotamia’s engineers built levees, ditches and canals to control flood waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Egyptians created basins to catch the silt from flooding waters of the Nile, the Indus river valley area took advantage of melting snow from the Himalayas to flood the river basins. As technology shifted to the development of…

up of a city and the surrounding lands. With the city-state, Mesopotamia each had its own laws and priest/kings, however, the people had no power. Mesopotamia’s city-states were always at war because of the fertile land it had produced due to the Euphrates River. The king or a hierarchy wanted an abundant amount of supplies of tools and materials that were becoming scarce in their part of the city. In the Indus River Valley…

In ancient times, many people lived as hunters and gatherers, without the luxuries of homes or technology. However, at one time, many groups of people around the world decided to stop roaming around to find food and start a life of agriculture. The results of this decision were profound, as they have led to the rise of many great civilizations that have formed the basis of today's society. The change in lifestyle from foraging to farming, referred to by historians as the Neolithic Revolution…