Egypt

Geography:
Nile River
Culture:
Mummification way of preparing the dead for
the After Life (reincarnation)
o Wrapped bodies in gauze
o Removed organs, placed them in jars, and
put the jars in the sarcophagus with the
mummy
o Buried mummy in tombs in pyramids
o Impact: learned a lot about the human
body *
Contributions:
Science, art, and math
Calendar
Diagnosis of illnesses, surgeries
Hieroglyphics (system of writing)
Mesopotamia
Geography:
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers formed the Fertile
Crescent
Contributions:

 Hammurabis Code (an eye for an eye) code

of laws
Dikes, canals used for irrigation (movement of
water from one location to another for sake of
watering crops)
The wheel
Cuneiform first system of writing (from
Sumerians)
Ziggurats temples to worship gods/goddesses
China
Geography:
Yellow (Huang He) River
Yangtze River
Contributions:
Pictographs (idiographs) form of writing
India
Geography:
Indus River
Ganges River
Monsoons winds that bring tons of rain
Contributions:
First to grow/weave cotton

 Plumbing (early form of sanitation/sewer

system)
Brick houses