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Cultural Hearths

Cultural Hearths. Birthplaces of Civilizations. Cultural Hearths. Defined: center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward. EPIC. Common Factors. All settled in mild climate zones Next to rivers Fertile land

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Cultural Hearths

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  1. Cultural Hearths Birthplaces of Civilizations

  2. Cultural Hearths • Defined: center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward. • EPIC

  3. Common Factors • All settled in • mild climate zones • Next to rivers • Fertile land • Why was it important for these civilizations to settle next to rivers?

  4. Surplus food set the stage for the rise of cities and civilizations • With more food less people needed to farm Specialization of Labor More creativity & jobs

  5. E - Egypt • Nile River Valley in northern Africa • Hieroglyphics, 365 calendar; Pyramids

  6. P - Pakistan • Indus River valley • Aryans cross thru Khyber Pass

  7. I - Iraq (Fertile Crescent) • Mesopotamia- Land between 2 rivers • Tigris and Euphrates Rivers • Sumerians (cuneiform- first form of writing, it was wedge shaped) Akkadians (empire) and Babylonians (first law written– Code of Hammurabi) Phoenicians created the first alphabet

  8. C - China • Chinese culture first began 5,000 years ago near the Yellow River Valley • Chinese culture eventually spread to Korea, Japan, and beyond

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