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5=History/civilizati
Looking at the impact of Early civilizations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did Humans first appear? | East Africa around 400,00 years ago |
| Early Man was called the Neolithic man. What happened in the NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION? | The Neolithic man learned how to grow his own food. Take certain wild animals and domesticate them for food (cow) and built permanent homes. |
| What are Sumerians? | Early people who lived in in the area called Mesopotamia (Middle East). This area lies between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This was a river valley civilization |
| What did the Sumerians (3,500 B.C.) invent or start? | They invent the wheel, sailboats and a 12 month calender which helped them to farm. |
| What did the Early Egyptian river valley civilization (3,200 B.C.) invent? | Geometry, Astronomy (study of outer space), and medicine due to mummification. |
| Where is the Indus River Valley civilization (2,500 B.C). located? | In India along the Indus river |
| What were the Indus River Valley Civilization the first to invent and use? | Each home was connected to public sewers ( toilets), the had fresh water supply pumped into the homes and the were the first to grow cotton and make clothing from cotton |
| Where was the Huang Hu civilization located? | China near the yellow river |
| What did the Chinese invent? | silk, construct irrigation system ( watering crops), and their calendar. |