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Comparing the River Civilizations-Name____________________Period_____ MesopotamiaSouthwest Asia EgyptNortheast Africa Indus (India-Pak.)South Asia China- The Rivers Tigris and Euphrates Nile Indus Huang He (Yellow) The Culture Sumerian Egyptian Harappan Shang/Zhou Key Dates Sumerians Assyrians Persians 3200 BC Old Kingdom 2700 BC Middle Kingdom 1790 BC New Kingdom Indus Aryans 1800BC Shang begins 1027 BC Zhou end Shang 256 BC Fall of Zhou Important Cities Ur-1st city Babylon Thebes Memphis-capitals Giza, Cairo Harappa Mohenjo-Daro Anyang –Shang capital Zhengzhou-Zhou capital Luoyang Government Type City-states-decentralized Individual kings Empires - later Strong Centralized Nation-Pharaoh On top. But not city states-Not Pharaoh- not sure Rajahs Shang and Zhou practices Feudalism and clans Strong Local Religion Polytheistic Negative view of gods and afterlife Polytheistic Positive view of gods and afterlife Pharaoh is a god Isis, Osiris, Amon-Re Animism Polytheistic Chief goddess Priests-not sure Brahman Polytheistic Ancestor Veneration-dead Ancestors helped with gods Shang-Di Writing System Cuneiform Pictographic-1st writing Hieroglyphic Pictographic Pictographic Not translated Sanskrit Chinese script Pictographic Basis for all Chinese script 10,000 Social Classes City-state King Priests Nobles Merchants, Scribes, Artisans Peasant farmers Slaves Caste System Priests Possibly had less class focus Many Farmers!!! Royal family Nobles Priest-Scribes Shi Scholars (Zhou) Peasant Farmers Slaves Job Specialization City-state King Priests Nobles Merchants, Scribes, Artisans Peasant farmers Slaves Not sure!!! Priests Possibly had less class focus Many Farmers!!! Many Merchants Royal family Nobles Priest-Scribes Shi Scholars (Zhou) Peasant Farmers Slaves Public Works Irrigation Ziggurat Temples (each city) Granaries Pharaoh Vizier Priests Nobles Merchants, Scribes, Artisans Peasant farmers Slaves Pharaoh Vizier Priests Nobles Merchants, Scribes, Artisans Peasant farmers Slaves Irrigation Pyramids Granaries Irrigation Levees/Dikes Granaries TechnologyArtArchitecture Ziggurat Temples (each city) Wheel Sail Writing Math-Algebra-Geometry Calendars Irrigation Granaries Pre-Planned Cities Plumbing !!! Cotton weaving!!!! Writing Math-Algebra-Geometry Calendars Indoor Plumbing Invasion – Trade Sumer,Akkad. Babylon, Assyria, Persia Trade with Indus and Egypt Trade with Sumer and central Asia Invaded? By Aryans War with powerful families Within China Trade within China-Little outside trade Legacy 1st civilization on earth-All others copy their ideas Hammurabi's Code Civilization disappears for 2000 years. Influence later Aryan invaders with cow veneration Hinduism Creates common Chinese Culture-standardizes writing And language-begins 2000 Year dynastic cycle in China Books, Silk The Place Pyramids Writing Math-Algebra-Geometry Calendars Trade and fight with Nubia, Mesopotamia, Mediterranean 1st civilization in Africa Same culture for 3000 years Pyramids Mummification Rosetta Stone East Asia Writing Math-Algebra-Geometry Calendars Bronze Porcelain