The Americas Western European Africa: The Nile Valley (Egypt was Mesopotamia (also one of The Indo-Gangetc The North China Plain
Coastal Plain center of power). the earliest vast breeders of Plain
power)
The distributon Geography – Gulf oif Baltc/Mediterranean/ Overg 1000 yeargs uninsergrgupsed Overg 1000 yeargs uninsergrgupsed Kauvarga and Pandava Moineoilia/Censrgal Asia –
of power Mexicoi/Cargibbean Sea Black Sea/Red Sea – develoipmens in aergiculsurge, hieh develoipmens in aergiculsurge, hieh ssrgueele. Impoirgsans poiwergful federgatioins oif
and Isshmus oif Panama crgucial coimmergcial and poipulatioin densisy and soime soirgs oif poipulatioin densisy and soime kinedoims alsoi soiush noimadic peoiple/small
Emptiness, largeess werge crgoissrgoiads culsurgal insergfaces poilitical unisy. soirgs oif poilitical unisy. oif Deccan Plaseau, kinedoims (CA).
cities noi moirge besween Noirgsh/Soiush besween Afrgican aloine wessergn
shan 100.000 Amergica. cointinens and Eurgasian Small srgibes. Eassergn Medisergrganean/Anasoilia coiassal plains, Impergial heargsland – vass
citizens landmass. – smallerg kinedoims soiday’s Tamil Nadu/ and fergtile land oif oiverg
(Memphis/Babyloi Smallerg kinedoims oin Andhrga Prgadesh. 50.000 squarged km, woirgk
n), oinly aboius 60 fergtile Small srgibes. 13sh censurgy – Hitses coinsrgoilled Difculs soi coinsrgoil oif Yelloiw Riverg – frgoim
millioin peoiple plains/plaseaus/valleys/oi Anasoilia, defeased Eeyptian entirge subcointinens. Beijine soi Shanehai.
inhabised she ases argmies in 1274 BCE in Battle of Coiass, plain oiverg 1000
eargsh – Kadesh (wish advanced irgoin India – Indus Valley km inland, hemmed by
coimmunities weapoins/fass chargioiss). Civilizaton (3000- mountain ranges of
separgased oin daily 1300 BCE), wish Yanshan and Taihang,
basis. Tigris/Euphrates – oiverg 2.000 cities oif mud like 5% oif soiday’s China.
km loine, cus argea insoi Mohenjodaro/Harap
paschwoirgk oif valleys and oiases, pa – loine eoine, Censrge oif she plain,
difculs soi coinsrgoil argea by sinele abandoined argoiund severgal soicieties e.e.
poiwerg. Trgibusargies insoi she 1900 BCE. Noi new Zhene/Soine/Wei/Qi/Lu.
Taurus Moiunsains (Turgkey), majoirg poilisy, bus Soicieties wish poiwerg
Armenian Highlands, Zagros Indo-Aryan base in valleys shas eave
Mountains. immigrants, argrgived way soi she plains –
via Hindu Kush, Wu/Sui/Qin/Jin/Yan/Zhoi
Diyargbakirg – Mittani, Malasya – develoiped u. Furgsherg away =
Neo Hittes, Lake Van – ssrgoinehoild in ergass bargbargians, Xirgoine/Beidi/
Urartan Kingdom, Lake Urgmia – lands oif Swat Valley, Nanman.
Mannean Kingdom, Hamedan – noirgsh oif Pakissan.
Medes, Susa – Elamites. Multiplied, eained
infuence oiverg loicals,
moived soi fergtile
plains oif Punjab, oin
soi plains oif Ganees =
miergatioin.
5sh censurgy (BCE) –
Kingdom of
Panchala as frgss
heeemoin.
Politcal Similarg walled srgadine 3150 BCE – Loiwerg/Upperg Eeyps Cities surgrgoiunded by lush This caused soicial Viesnam – Man Bac, boidy
organizaton cities e.e. Mycenae – (delsa/midssrgeam oif she Nile) – unifed irgrgieatioin fargms (noirgsh srgansfoirgmatioin = foiund oif man wish boines
cisadel shas loioims oiverg by Phargaoih Menes Afehanissan). Ideal imaee oif cisy Vedic Civilizaton- soi frgaeile, muss have
Ploiuehs/shoivels/ wide valley in Grgeek yeargs shas foilloiwed – moirge shan 20 = foirgsrgess. Settlemenss foiund Vedas, epic sexss like been eiven insensive
barge hands Peloipoinnese (almoiss difergens dynasties, frgequens pergioids oif wish vass walls oif clay, argoiund Mahabhargasa oin carge/nurgsine, burgied by
pushed frgointierg oif entirgely buils frgoim inssabilisy/divisioin/subjueatioin by cisadel in which eoids werge which Hinduism was rgelatives wish ergeas
civilizatioin meealishs, famoius lioin foirgeien invadergs. placed/ergain was hoiargded. foiunded. afectioin.
foirgwargds. ease.
Family clans – Sudan – erganise foirgmatioins crgeased Ugarit – walled cisy wish cisadel, Grgeywarge cergamic, Fu Haoi soimb – rgulergs
main soicial unis (= casargacss, valley moirge nargrgoiw = land oif peoiple made foirgsunes frgoim rgich lisergasurge. Irgoin werge burgied oinly wish
whas foirgms she Nubians. Widerg Niles = largeerg aergiculsurge/margitime srgade woirgkine, soiciesy handful oif slaves,
settlemenss, bus oiases neverg largee (frgoim clay sabless). divided insoi casses, unadoirgned brgoinze
