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Chapter 2Early River Valley Civilizations, 3500 BC to 450 BC
Chapter 2.1 City States in Mesopotamia❖ Mesopotamia - Ancient
Greek for “the land between two rivers”
❖ Location - Northern Arabian Peninsula (Present Day Iraq)
❖ People - Sumerians 4500 BC to 2000 BC, Babylonians 2000 BC to 1000 BC
Chapter 2.1 City States in Mesopotamia❖ Key Terms
❖ Fertile Crescent❖ Silt❖ Irrigation❖ City-State❖ Dynasty❖ Cultural Diffusion❖ Polytheism❖ Empire❖ Hammurabi
Chapter 2.1 City States in Mesopotamia
❖ Things to Look For
❖ First to develop advanced civilization
❖ City-State gain power
❖ Hammurabi’s Code
Chapter 2.2 Pyramids on the Nile
❖ The Egyptian Pyramids are considered to be one of the original wonders of the ancient world
❖ Location - Along the Nile River & Nile Delta
❖ Unified Upper & Lower Egypt in 3100 BC, led to 2,600 years of rule
Chapter 2.2 Pyramids on the Nile
❖ Key Terms❖ Cataract❖ Delta❖ Menes❖ Pharaoh❖ Theocracy❖ Pyramid❖ Hieroglyphics❖ Papyrus
Chapter 2.2 Pyramids on the Nile
❖ Pharaohs as Gods
❖ Egyptian Culture and its long lasting effect
❖ Contribution to science, technology, and communication
Chapter 2.3 Planned Cities on the Indus❖ Planned Cities -
Kalibangan, Mohenjo-Daro, & Harappa
❖ Location - Along the Indus River in present day India & Pakistan
❖ These planned cities thrived from 2500 BC to 1500 BC
Chapter 2.3 Planned Cities on the Indus
❖ Key Terms
❖ Subcontinent
❖ Monsoon
Chapter 2.3 Planned Cities on the Indus
❖ Adaptation to their environment
❖ Trade and contact with other ancient civilizations
Chapter 2.4 River Dynasties in China
❖ Dynastic Rule & Feudalism dominate Ancient China
❖ Location - In present day China, along the Huang He & Yangtze Rivers
❖ The Ancient Chinese Empire lasted from 2000 BC to 200 BC
Chapter 2.4 River Dynasties in China
❖ Key Terms
❖ Loess
❖ Oracle Bone
❖ Mandate of Heaven
❖ Dynastic Cycle
❖ Feudalism
Chapter 2.4 River Dynasties in China
❖ Dynasties of Ancient China
❖ Chinese Culture
❖ Zhou’s effect on Chinese life