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FC: LEVI LOWE"S MIXBOOK PROJECT

1: Table of Contents | page 2-3 river valley civilization: Mesopotamia | page 4-5 river valley civilization: Egypt | page 6-7 river valley civilization Indus valley | page 8-9 river valley civilization: china

3: Mesopotamia | - Land between 2 rivers. Fertile crescent | - used irrigation | - polytheistic, believed in many gods | - city states were always at war | - built plow to make farming easier

5: Egypt | - Nile river provides fertile land (when river floods produces silt | - is completely surrounded by desert | - River flows from south to north | - Divided into upper & lower kingdoms until united in 3000 B.C. | - used pyramids as tombs for pharaohs

7: Indus valley | - is between the Indus & Ganges rivers | - Is south of the Himalayan mountains | - Began the Hindu culture(polytheistic) | - Had plumbing & sewage systems | - Planned cities on a grid type system

9: China | - south of the Gobi desert | - Believed in the "Mandate of Heaven" which meant ruler had divine rule | - Bronze, iron working, silk, roads, & canals | - Had flood control & irrigation | - Feudalism meant king gives nobleland in return for military work