M.E.I.C River Valleys By: Angela Stevens

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S: By: Angela Stevens

FC: M.E.I.C River Valleys By:Angela Stevens

1: Table Of Contents... The Mesopotamia River valley- Page 2&3 The Egypt River Valley- Page 4&5 The Indus River Valley- Page 6&7 The china River Valley- Page 8&9

2: Mesopotamia River Valley

3: Is the oldest river valley. | They are Polytheistic | The holy temple/Government building is called a Ziggurat | They had professional record keepers called Scribes | The written language is cuneiform

4: Egypt River Valley

5: Pharaohs rule as kings | Was divided into upper and lower kingdoms | Used mummification | The famous pharaoh family's were The Tuts and the Ramses | Tombs for pharaohs were called hieroglyphics

6: The Indus River Valley

7: Between Indus and Ganges rivers | They have monsoons | They have a strong central goverment | Historians cannot understand the written language | Planned their cities on grid systems

8: The China River Valley

9: Between the Yellow and the Yangtze rivers | Saw their culture as the center of the civilized world | Bronze and iron working silks, roads ,and canals | Location of the Great Wall Of China | People worshiped their ancestors