history (not near done, will have 100+)

what are the eight characteristics of early civilizations?
- cities
- system of writing
- central government (one person in control)
- Trade and infrastructure
- art/architecture (technology)
- social classes
- jobs and occupations
- organized religion
Where did civilizations begin?

in river valleys-civilizations are the result of an increase in food
What civilizations started in between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers?

Mesopotamia
What civilization started between the Indus and the Ganges?

India
What civilization started near the Yangtse River?

China
What civilization started by the Nile River?

Egypt
Between which rivers did Mesopotamia start?

the Tigris and the Euphrates
Where did the civilization of India start?

Between the Indus and the Ganges rivers.
Where did Egypt start?

by the Nile
What is an agrarian society?

a society that is dependent on farming
Why was religion created?

to explain nature and existence.
What is the "land between the rivers?

Mesopotamia

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mattths

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history (not near done, will have 100+)

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2010-12-06T22:36:45Z