Today class we are going to have a "little" field trip. We are going to learn about the river valley civilization.

"The cradle of civilization"

Mesopotamia

The Euphrates and the Tigris river

This is where the Sumerians lived. They were one of the first civilizations and will also make the first writing system. They also made and used metal (to create tools) and wheels to help them work faster. This helped them a lot so they started making more jobs and gaining more people. This created cities.

This is Uruk one of the first cities.

The Babylonians soon after inherited the Sumer culture into their lives. The Babylonians were very religious so they added temples. The people soon built one of the best cities. They also made the calendar and this helped them greatly.  

Babylon

Calendar

The Babylonian were the greatest but ended up getting conquered by the Assyrians. The Assyrians took their people in as slaves. The Assyrians built more cities with temples. They also built and developed the sewage system and started to trade with other kingdoms.

Religion

The civilizations were polytheistic and that means they believe in many gods.

All the cities had their own god or goddess that ruled over them. 

Anu god of the heavens

Enlil god of air

Enki, god of water 

Ninhursag, goddess of earth

Temple

This is where the people held religious events and prayed.

Egypt

The gift of Nile

Egypt was known for having pharaohs. A pharaoh was a religious and political leader. 

They were also monarchs that were seen as gods. Even after one of them died the people still believed he ruled over them.

Religion

The Egyptians were polytheistic and believed in many gods.

These are the gods.

This is the valley of kings where the pharaohs were buried.

This is the Great Sphinx and it was built to resurrect the soul of Khafre  by channeling the power of other gods.

This is the temple of Karnak and it was one of the biggest religious place to be built.