many major civilizations in the world today. The first four major civilizations all formed in river valleys. These civilizations are Egypt on the Nile River‚ China on the Huang He River‚ India on the Indus River‚ and Mesopotamia on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. River valleys were a necessity in Early civilizations. The Nile‚ a river that runs through Egypt played an important role in the creation of the civilization. The river was used for irrigation of their crops. The river made a good soil with
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different locations and interacted with two different environments. Both places were affected by water in different ways. Euphrates and Tigress rivers shaped the development of Mesopotamia whereas‚ the Nile‚ shaped the development of Egypt. At the end‚ the people of these lands were able to use this water to their benefit. Mesopotamia is the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigress. In the time when the first people arrived at Mesopotamia‚ it had a very severe climate with inadequate rainfall
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civilization was located all along the Nile River‚ while the Mesopotamia civilization was located by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Egypt civilization’s location on the Nile River was a good spot because the Nile River flooded regularly. When the Nile River would flood‚ the flood would provide slit from further up the river and fertilize the ground for farming. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers did flood‚ but when they flooded it would be violent because the river current is stronger than the Nile’s
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Context: When? Where? Summarize Unit in one sentence. Egypt and Mesopotamia‚ located in the modern Middle East and North Africa‚ were two of the earliest civilizations that reigned for thousands of years before the Birth of Christ‚ and created a pathway for later powerful empires through invention and innovation and greatly influence modern civilization. Umbrella thesis (Goes from broad to specific) – follow the ACODA rule: Answers the question; Clear‚ Overarching (not a list)‚ Doable‚ Argumentative-
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The speaker of the poem is by the author Langston Hughes himself. This is a lyric poem because it expresses Langston’s emotions towards the river. By identifying the speaker‚ it allows the reader to understand that the speaker is using the river as a metaphor for representing life. In this poem‚ the speaker and the author are the same. The subject of the poem is the slavery‚ and the emotions the speaker expressed is happiness and love because of civilization. In the poem‚ the poet used imagery
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and the Kassites. The Hurrians and Kassites were new groups which entered the Fertile Crescent while the Hittites had been quietly living there from about 2700 BCE. The Hurrians created the Kingdom of Mitanni on the upper end of the Tigris and Euphrates. THE HITTITES ❖ The Hittites had settled in the region from around 2700 BCE. They did not dominate the region in an aggressive way burning‚ looting and invading like the Assyrians who would dominate after them
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Ancient Middle East “Cradle of Civilization” The ancient middle east was called the “cradle of civilization” by historians. Why was this? This was because the ancient middle east settled and prospered near two major rivers‚ the Tiberis and the Euphrates and created the very first flourishing civilization. The middle east was broken into two areas. The northern area was called Mesopotamia and the southern area was called Babylon. In these areas a new civilization arose called the Sumerian civilization
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the Nile‚ whilst the Mesopotamians depended on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. All three rivers were sources of life. The rivers provided healthy hydration for each civilization. The water supported life‚ such as fish‚ providing a food source. When flooded‚ the rivers provided fertile soil‚ or silt. However‚ the Egyptians were blessed with the “Gift of the Nile” as the Nile flooded at the same time each year‚ while the Tigris and Euphrates’ floods were violent and unpredictable. Both civilizations
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Online July 31‚ 2013 Jennifer Chagala The Negro Speaks of Rivers * I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans‚ and I’ve seen its muddy bosom
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promised to make him into a great nation and bless him. Abraham didn’t know how he could be a great nation because he didn’t have any children. Abraham said yes to God and packed up this wife‚ nephew‚ and all of there things. They traveled up the Euphrates River to the land that God promised to show Abraham‚ which was Canaan. Many years went
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