Ancient river civilizations in the Mediterranean as well as Central and South America denote some of the world’s first civilizations. The Phoenician’s civilization was founded in what is now Lebanon‚ Syria‚ and parts of northern Africa‚ the Chavin society developed around modern day Peru where the Mosna and huachescsa rivers merge. The Phoenician civilization created their society around 1100 B.C.E and the Chavín civilization was established around from 900 B.C.E. The Phoenician and the Chavin showed
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plants. During this period‚ the global population changed very little‚ limited by ecological carrying capacity. With the advent of agriculture‚ food availability grew exponentially. Starvation decreased significantly‚ and family sizes increased when early people had enough food to support more offspring. While crop failures were possible‚ the overall trend of cultivating food instead of searching for it allowed for rapid growth and expansion of humanity. Advantage: Allows Settlement • Growing crops
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Effects of Geography on the River Valley Civilizations The developments of early civilizations in Egypt‚ China‚ India‚ and Mesopotamia were greatly influenced by their geographical locations which allowed them to each adapt to their environment in many different and similar ways . These ancient river valley civilizations were all affected by surrounding rivers‚ landscapes‚ and environmental changes such as climate. Accordingly‚ all four regions were able to take advantage of their geographical location
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The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) that was located in the northwestern region[1] of the Indian subcontinent‚[2][3] consisting of what is now mainly present-day Pakistan and northwest India.[4]Flourishing around the Indus River basin‚ the civilization[n 1] extended east into the Ghaggar-Hakra River valley[8] and the upper reachesGanges-Yamuna Doab;[9][10] it extended west to the Makran coast of Balochistan‚ north to northeastern
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The Indus Valley Civilization About Indus Valley Civilization The earliest traces of civilization in the Indian subcontinent are to be found in places along‚ or close‚ to the Indus River. Excavations first conducted in 1921-22‚ in the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro‚ both now in Pakistan‚ pointed to a highly complex civilization that first developed some 4‚500-5‚000 years ago‚ and subsequent archaeological and historical research has now furnished us with a more detailed picture
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The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India (see map). Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World‚ and of the three the most widespread. It flourished in the basins of the Indus River‚ one of the major rivers of Asia‚ and the Ghaggar-Hakra River‚ which once coursed through northwest India and eastern
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Early civilizations Prehistory: The period of time before written records Neanderthal: A group of early people who were classified as Homo Sapiens (wise human being) Their remains are between 100‚000 and 30‚000 years ago They were the first people to burry their dead Homo sapien sapien The group of people that replace Neanderthal‚ includes us Begin to spread out and populated the earth Paleolithic “ old stone” Age 2.5 million to 10 thousand B.C Sometimes called the old stone age People
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the people of the civilization and possibly other countries. The development of writing was crucial in a civilized society because without it‚ there would be no communication between the people. It was also developed to keep records of important events and things. Some that have been found today‚ are used to study the past of the civilizations. With the development of writing‚ it has left a big impact for the people of the past‚ present‚ and future. The Indus Valley civilization can best be described
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Compare and Contrast the Four River Valleys For reasons unknown four regions between 5000 and 2000 B.C.E rapidly expanded their land and changed at a quicker pace than other regions. They all had better agriculture‚ technology‚ development of state power and construction of cities. These rivers were the Nile in Egypt‚ the valley of the Indus River‚ which is now Pakistan‚ Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers‚ which is today known as Iraq and the Yellow River in China. These four regions
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the home of one of the earliest civilizations of man. In the history of ancient India we see many forms of society ranging from urban civilization of Indus Valley to the Classical Age of Gupta Dynasty. During this period we see a hierarchy of centralized and decentralized government. Some of which were highly organized in their political structure and government while others were merely weakened by internal problems and division of power. Indus Valley Civilization was one of the world’s oldest and
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