Warm Up – January 29 Answer the following questions on a post it: 1. Describe a major difference in regards to flooding between the Nile River in Egypt and the Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia? How would this effect the civilizations? 2. What advantage did the Nile River provide for Egypt that the Tigris and Euphrates did not provide for Mesopotamia? 3. What was the main purpose of the pyramids? What did the Egyptians do to the corpse before laying it to rest? Why did they do this? 4. Describe the rights that women had in Egyptian society 5. What are hieroglyphics?

Mesopotamia and Egypt Activity You will be working in partners. One person from each pair needs to come up and grab a piece of construction paper, you will also need to each have a pen or colored pencil.

On your paper, draw a Venn Diagram with lots of room in the circles

Label the left circle “Egypt” and the right one “Mesopotamia” Egypt Mesopotamia

Here’s the game! You and your partner will be racing the other groups. On the next slide is a list of terms. Some are from Egypt, some are from Mesopotamia, and some from both. The first group to write the terms in the correct part of the Venn Diagram and write a brief definition of the term wins

READY, GO!!! Dynasty Mummification Economic classes Fertile soil Pyramids Nile River Pharaohs Natural Barriers Code of Hammurabi Theocracy Papyrus Hieroglyphs Iraq Tigris & Euphrates Polytheistic

Unit 1: Early man and the early river valley civilizations Ancient India

Indian Sub-Continent

Geography & Early Civilization Setting the Stage Historians know less about the origins and eventual decline of early Indian cultures because the language of the culture has not been translated yet.

Geography & Early Civilization The Geography of the Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh make up the landmass of the Indian Subcontinent This region is separated from Asia by several mountain ranges, some of the tallest in the world Karakorum & Himalayas

Indian Sub-Continent Mountain Ranges

Geography & Early Civilization Indus River Farming is only possible in the areas directly watered by the Indus Much of the lower Indus Valley is occupied by the Thar Desert

Geography & Early Civilization Ganges River The Ganges flows from the Himalayas and flows across northern India It joins the Brahmaputra River as it flows into the Bay of Bengal

Indian Sub-Continent River Systems

Geography & Early Civilization Together these rivers make up a large area called the Indo-Gangetic Plain which was great for agriculture, transportation, and irrigation Seasonal winds called monsoons dominate India’s climate Environmental challenges Yearly floods- unpredictable The rivers sometimes change course Monsoons brought unpredictable cycles of wet and dry seasons

Indian Sub-Continent Indo-Gangetic Plain

Monsoons

Geography & Early Civilization Civilization Emerges on the Indus Historians have yet to decipher the Indus system of writing Still unclear when civilization began but evidence shows that people were using domesticated goats and sheep around the year 7000 B.C. The Indus Valley civilization is sometimes called the Harappan Civilization because of many archeological discoveries made there City planning was one of their most remarkable achievements They used a grid system unlike Mesopotamia’s maze of winding streets Engineers used an advanced plumbing system that rivaled 19th century plumbing This uniformity suggests that the Indus people had a strong central government

Grid System Mohenjo-Daro

Plumbing

Geography & Early Civilization Harappan Culture Housing separations suggests divisions in society were not great Artifacts of toys and clay pots suggest a relatively prosperous society Few items of warfare found suggesting that conflict was limited Animals were very important Role of Religion Historians believe that Harappan civilization used a theocracy Some artifacts have been linked to modern Hindu culture

Geography & Early Civilization Indus Valley Culture Ends Evidence found in the 1970s suggests that a shift in tectonic plates may have caused earthquakes, flooding, and caused the Indus to change course Some cities survived the disasters but other cities food supplies were affected Later a group of people called the Aryans would sweep into the area and take control

TOD – January 29 Answer the following questions on the same post-it as the warm up: 1. Why are scientists not sure how early civilizations in India began or ended? 2. Social classes: What is the difference between Mesopotamia and Ancient India? 3. What was one of the most remarkable achievements by the Harrapan Civilization? 4. What is one similarity that exists between the rivers in Mesopotamia and the rivers in Ancient India? 5. What is the term given to seasonal winds that dominate India’s climate?