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River Valley Civilizations Domestication of rice in China Domestication of Wheat in Middle East Corn was domesticated in the Americas! Mesopotamia Mesopotamia • Earliest large-scale civilization – Tigris and Euphrates Rivers • Cuneiform • Polytheism (pessimistic religion) – Ziggurat • Barter system, long-distance trade • Patriarchy • Series of City-states governed by king – Ex. Hammurabi Egypt Egypt • North Africa along Nile River • Polytheistic – Optimistic view of afterlife – Pyramids, mummification • Pharaoh; godlike ruler • Hieroglyphic writing system Pyramids at Giza Constructed between 2550 and 2490 BCE
