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WERE THE EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT?
Using your notes and knowledge of gained from the unit on Early River Valley Civilizations to
complete the chart below.
Location
MESOPOTAMIA
Present day Iraq;
between the Tigris
& Euphrates Rivers
Positive
Geographic
Features
Negative
Geographic
Features
Government
Religion
Temples
Illustration of
Temples (or
main structural
achievement)
Writing System
Illustration of
Writing System
Polytheistic
(believed in many
gods and goddesses)
EGYPT
INDUS
CHINA
ACHIEVEMENTS / CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT & INDUS
MESOPOTAMIA
Technology: wheel
plow
EGYPT
INDUS
CHINA
Codes of Law:
Hammurabi
“an eye for an eye”
How did Mesopotamia and Egypt differ in regards to death?
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For EACH civilization, explain which achievement you consider to be the MOST important and
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In your opinion, were these early river civilizations more alike than different? EXPLAIN.
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