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River Valley Civilizations
Mr. Emerson
World History
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus
Hwang He
MesoAmerica
Where there is writing…
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Cuneiform
• Found in Mesopotamia
• The Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys
• Wedge Writing
Cuneiform
• Tablets made of Clay• Write with a stylus – a
wedge stick• Try writing like a
Babylonian
Hieroglyphics
• Found in Egypt• The Nile River
Valley• Pictures represent
sounds
Hieroglyphics
• This is the cartouche of Pharoah Hatshepsut.
• Notice the cartouche is encircled
• Means this is a name of someone important
• Try writing like an Egyptian
Pictographs
• Found In China• Ancient texts can be read by modern Chinese
Pictographs
• Also found in India• Indian writing cannot
be read today
Pictographs
• Pictures represent ideas or thoughts
• Symbols become more simplified
Sun
River
Summary Ideas
• People in ancient times wrote down ideas
• This is the beginning of history
• History began in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus and Hwang He river valleys
• This is why we study these people first in World History
Alex Unit Plan
Bibliography and Sources
• Outline Map of the World• http://geography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southernct.edu%2F%7Elukinbea
%2Foutline.html• Map of Mesopotamia• http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/map01mes.htm• Example of a Cuneiform Tablet• http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/cuneiform/• Write like a Babylonian• http://www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi• Map of Ancient Egypt• http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/map.htm• Make your own Cartouche• http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html• Harappa, Indus Valley Civilization• http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html• Chinese Pictographs• http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/orthography/chinese2.html• Map of Pakistan• http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/pk.html• Map of China• http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/ch.html
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