Other 'cradles of civilisation'
I can describe the ancient 'cradles of civilisation' and explain the similarities between them.
Other 'cradles of civilisation'
I can describe the ancient 'cradles of civilisation' and explain the similarities between them.
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Key learning points
- Mesopotamia and the Nile were not the only places where people stopped moving around and settled down to farm.
- In Asia, other civilisations developed in the Indus River Valley and the Yellow River Valley.
- Historians and archaeologists sometimes use the phrase 'cradles of civilisation' to describe these places.
- As in Egypt and Mesopotamia, the people of the Indus and the Yellow River Valleys channeled water for farming.
- As in Egypt and Mesopotamia, the people of the Indus and the Yellow River Valleys created cities and art.
Common misconception
Egypt and Mesopotamia are the only places to have had early civilisations.
Look at a map of the world and point out the locations of the Indus Valley and Shang civilisations.
Keywords
Nomadic - nomadic people do not settle to live in one place but move from place to place
Cradle - a cradle is a small bed or cot that helps keep babies safe and warm when they sleep
Similarity - a similarity is when something is like something else, but is not exactly the same
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
people living together in an organised way
from many thousands of years ago
growing crops and raising animals for food
buying and selling items
Exit quiz
6 Questions
moving from place to place
to stay and live in one place
when something is like something else, but is not exactly the same
Indus River
Yellow River
River Nile
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers