Ancient River Valley Civilizations

River cities Government Economy Religion Achievements

Mesopotam

ia

Tigris and Euphrates

River Valley

Egypt Nile River

Sumer

Eridu

Ur

Uruk

GizaSaqqaraMemphisDahshur

Theocracy

god or goddesses

lived in Ziggurat

Priests and Priestesses had power polytheistic

CuneiformWagon wheel

SundialBronze

Led by Pharoah,

bureacracy, vizier

(advisor)

Polytheistic give divine assistance

Heiro-glyphics, 365 day calendar,

embalming

Farming, industry

and trade

Largest number of

people worked land,

merchants, artisans, pyramind builders

River Valley/ Location

Major cities Government /leaders

Economy Religion Achievements

IndiaIndus River

China

Yellow or

Huang He

River

Harappo,Mohenjo

Daro

Confucianism, Daoism, and

LegalismAnyang

Xi’an

Theocracy

Aristocracy

Hinduism,Buddhism

Indus Valley Script,

Sanscrit, Algebra, and Zero

SilkSilk road

Great Wall

Paper

Based on

farming and

trade

Grow rice,

farming