FIRST RIVER CIVILISATIONS: MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT. INDIA

MESOPOTAMIA MEANS: LAND BETWEEN RIVERS( TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES)

EGYPT LOCATED NEAR RIVER NILE, THE REST IS ALL DESERT.

MESOPOTAMIAN PEOPLES:
SUMMERIANS,
AKKADIANS.
BABYLONIANS,
ASSYRIANS,
PERSIANS.

MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL GROUPS

EGYPTIAN SOCIAL GROUPS:
PHARAOH
NOBLES, PRIESTS, WARRIORS
SCRIBES,MERCHANTS, ARTISANS
FARMERS
SLAVES

CUNEIFORM WRITING

HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING

IRRIGATION CANALS

HAMMURABI FIRST LAW CODE

ZIGGURAT (STEPPED TEMPLE)

CITY-STATE : UR

ASSYRIAN CAPITAL: NINEVEH

BABYLON CITY

PYRAMIDS OF GIZA( KHUFU,KHAFRE AND MENKAURE)

MASTABA

HIPOGEUM
(Temple of Hatshepshut)

Temple of Abu Symbel (Rameses II)

mummies (mummification)

Egyptian Gods/Goddeses: polytheism

PHARAOH