STUDY GUIDE: Unit 3 River Valley Civilizations Name: ______________________________ – Directions: Your test is on Friday, December 4th. STUDY! River Valley Civilizations How did people get Another word for 4 Great River food before the farming The first steps to becoming civilized are to Valley Civilizations development of Agriculture settle down in permanent homes and to Mesopotamia, agriculture? start farming. Egypt, Indus Valley, Hunting and China gathering Two main reasons why rivers were Why did river What is irrigation? important to early farming civilizations valleys have fertile All of the first soil? A way of supplying civilizations Fresh water water to an area of developed near great Yearly flooding left land RIVERS behind silt -- This Fertile soil makes good farmland! Mesopotamia (means land between the rivers) 2 rivers of Mesopotamia The arc-shaped area of land 1st civilization in First known written Tigris and Euphrates with rich soil many of Mesopotamia (They also language the first civilizations began invented the first writing!) Cuneiform Fertile Crescent Sumerian Great Babylonian king 1st set of laws written Group best known for their Group best known for Hammurabi down iron weapons and chariots their fierce and organized soldiers Code of Hammurabi Hittites Assyrians They hit people the serious – – with iron weapons! soldiers of Assyria Civilization that built ships The Phoenicians created How did the Phoenician Religious temples in and sailed all around the the world’s first alphabet alphabet spread? Mesopotamia Mediterranean Sea to trade It spread to wherever they Ziggurats traded. Phoenician Type of religion the Cultural diffusion the – Sumerians had sharing of ideas between Polytheism cultures. Egypt
STUDY GUIDE: Unit 3 – River Valley Civilizations Name: ______________________________ Directions: Your test is on Friday, December 4th. STUDY! River Valley Civilizations How did people get food before the development of agriculture? Hunting and gathering Another word for farming Agriculture The first steps to becoming civilized are to settle down in permanent homes and to start farming. 4 Great River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, China All of the first civilizations developed near great RIVERS Two main reasons why rivers were important to early farming civilizations Fresh water Fertile soil Why did river valleys have fertile soil? Yearly flooding left behind silt -- This makes good farmland! What is irrigation? A way of supplying water to an area of land Mesopotamia (means land between the rivers) 2 rivers of Mesopotamia Tigris and Euphrates The arc-shaped area of land with rich soil many of the first civilizations began Fertile Crescent 1st civilization in Mesopotamia (They also invented the first writing!) Sumerian First known written language Cuneiform Great Babylonian king Hammurabi 1st set of laws written down Code of Hammurabi Group best known for their iron weapons and chariots Hittites – They hit people with iron weapons! Group best known for their fierce and organized soldiers Assyrians – the serious soldiers of Assyria Civilization that built ships and sailed all around the Mediterranean Sea to trade Phoenician The Phoenicians created the world’s first alphabet How did the Phoenician alphabet spread? It spread to wherever they traded. Cultural diffusion – the sharing of ideas between cultures. Religious temples in Mesopotamia Ziggurats Type of religion the Sumerians had Polytheism Egypt
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