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Ancient River Valley Civilizations. god or goddesses lived in Ziggurat Priests and Priestesses had power polytheistic. Cuneiform Wagon wheel Sundial Bronze. Tigris and Euphrates River Valley. Sumer Eridu Ur Uruk. Farming, industry and trade. Theocracy. Mesopotamia.
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god or goddesses lived in Ziggurat Priests and Priestesses had power polytheistic Cuneiform Wagon wheel Sundial Bronze Tigris and Euphrates River Valley Sumer Eridu Ur Uruk Farming, industry and trade Theocracy Mesopotamia Largest number of people worked land, merchants, artisans, pyramind builders Led by Pharoah, bureacracy, vizier (advisor) Heiro-glyphics, 365 day calendar, embalming Giza Saqqara Memphis Dahshur Polytheistic give divine assistance Nile River Egypt
Indus Valley Script, Sanscrit, Algebra, and Zero Based on farming and trade Hinduism, Buddhism Indus River Harappo, Mohenjo Daro India Theocracy Yellow or Huang He River Grow rice, farming Silk Silk road Great Wall Paper Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism Anyang Xi’an China Aristocracy