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Mesopotamia
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Located between Tigris and Euphates Rivers
Good crop lands
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Sumerian Civilization
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1st in Mesopotamia
Polytheistic, temples called Ziggurats
Class system
Trade, and cuniform writing
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Indus River Valley
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Located in India
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Harappa & Mohenjo-Dara
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Lacated in Indus River Valley, roads in grid pattern,
Each had a large temple,
had large storage areas for grain,
Houses made of brick, had plumbing
Grew cotton, made cloth
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Aztec
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1315, Warriors
temples, gardens, zoos
Ruled by an emperor
Class System
Sun God- Human Sacrifice
Calendar, schools
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Incas
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1400's, Andes Mountains
Emperor- Absolute Power
road system/engineering
bridges/ tunnels
many gods(polytheistic)
medicine advances
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Mayans
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300-900AD
traded cocoa, honey, and feathers
social class system
Hieroglyphic writing
Accurate 365 day calendar
number system with zero
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