Mississippi River Valley I chose to write my paper based off of the article “Geologic history of the central Mississippi River Valley area in a nutshell” written by Dr. Roy Van Arsdale. Dr. Van Arsdale starts his book off by saying that we often associate the Mississippi River Valley with the adventures of Lewis and Clark‚ through Mark Twain‚ and finally to where it is now‚ expansive farming. He goes on to explain that in order to really understand and grasp all that the Mississippi River Valley has
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Calla Thompson Humanities: Early Civilization Indus Valley Civilization and the Aryan Invasion Theory Of the four major early civilizations‚ consisting of Mesopotamia‚ Egypt and China‚ the Indus Valley Civilization is the biggest mystery by far. Due to the fact that the script of the civilization remains undeciphered‚ historians have to rely on remaining evidence of the civilization to learn about the culture. Located in present day Pakistan‚ northwest India‚ and eastern Afghanistan‚ Harappa
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being a River Valley Civilization. Both of these River valley civilizations had the similarities of being invaded‚ and also both being river valley civilizations. Even though they seem so similar‚ India and Egypt have their differences too. These differences include different writing styles‚ and different geography and climate. The knowledge of both civilizations has changed the future of the world today. Egypt and India had many similarities in their civilizations. Firstly‚ both River Valleys were
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Religious leaders played prominent roles in every River Valley Civilizations form of government. From ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to China’s historic empire and the Indus River Valley‚ all the River Valley Civilizations had significant religious figures. In ancient Egypt‚ the pharaoh was revered as a God and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. The elusive emperors of China gained their governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines
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The Mesopotamians named the Indus Valley Civilization‚ Meluhha. At first‚ archaeologists weren’t so sure that Meluhha was‚ in fact‚ the Indus‚ however when they did further research‚ it became a reality. The Sumerian tablets had written records of Mesopotamia trading with Meluhha and were first time it was mentioned by Sargon the Great. To further signify that Meluhha was‚ in fact‚ a city in the Indus Valley Civilization‚ Indian archeologist‚ Ratnagar‚ Shereen identified all the products from Meluhha
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In both Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ flooding from major rivers affected them both greatly‚ however their view on religion and government was much different. First‚ in Mesopotamia the river flooding was extremely unpredictable‚ causing them to feel hopeless and bitter. In Egypt‚ the river flooding helped the Egyptians tremendously‚ by improving the growth of crops. The flooding of the two rivers affected both Egypt and Mesopotamia way of life because the Mesopotamians attitude about life was very negative
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Geography and the development/diffusion of human society- World history- Mesopotamia • Mesopotamia is Greek for “land between the rivers.” • The land is supplied by water from both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. • Land is mostly flat‚ but borders mountains. • Similar to the Nile River‚ both rivers would flood yearly and cause the crops of the land to be much more plentiful than in surrounding areas. However‚ these rivers are much stronger than the Nile which would create a much worse flooding
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The Indus civilisation was an ancient civilisation that flourished during the third millennium encompassing the Nile valley and the lands from the Mediterranean Sea east across the Iranian plateau to the greater Indus region. Primarily centred in modern day Pakistan‚ in the provinces of Sindh and Punjab‚ and India‚ in Gujarat and Rajasthan‚ its remains have also been excavated from Afghanistan‚ Turkmenistan and Iran. Historically part of Ancient India‚ it is one of the world’s three earliest urban
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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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Invasion Responsible for the Demise of the Indus Valley Civilization? YES Historian Stanley Wolpert (from A New History of India‚ 6th ed) states that the Aryan invasion of the Indus Valley did occur and that it played a role in the demise of the Indus Valley civilization. All excavations do prove that the decline of the Indus valley civilization occurred suddenly between 1800 BC and 1700 BC. It has been suggested that perhaps the people of the Indus Valley Civilization were destroyed by invading barbaric
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