Comparing River Valley Civilizations 6-1.

TigrisNile
Euphrates
(Egypt)
(Mesopotamia
)

Indus
(India)

Huang-He
(China)

Geographic
Features

p.55
Fertile Crescent
Middle East
Two rivers

p.87
Protected by
desert
Cataracts
Delta
Africa

p.124
Subcontinen
t
Himalayas
Asia
Monsoons

p.161
Himalayas
Monsoons
Asia
Two rivers

Writing
System
Architectur
e

Cuneiform

Hieroglyphic
s

Sanskrit

Calligraphy

Ziggurats

Obelisks
Pyramids
Sphinxes

Great Wall

Religion

Most people
were
polytheistic
EXCEPT for the
Hebrews who
practiced
Judaism (the
oldest mono
religion).
Kings at the top,
farmers did most
of the work

Polytheistic
Believed in
the afterlife

Wellplanned
cities
Temples
Hinduism
(poly)

King in power
-Monarchy

Pharaoh and
his advisors

Social
Order

Governmen
t & Labor

Daoism
Buddhism
(no god)

Pharaoh
were seen as
a god; slaves
did most of
the work

Slaves did
all the hard
work.
Dynasties

Buddhism

Priests at
the top
because the
Hindu
Caste
system
Priests are
most
important

Confucianis
m

Emperor
Warrior
Artisan
Farmer
Merchant
Emperor in
power
Dynasties

Priest in
power =
Theocracy

All river civilizations used irrigation.