“When the Boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks the closet for Chuck Norris.”

1. Chuck Norris Fact: “When the Boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks the closet for Chuck Norris.”

2. Early River Valley Civilizations A Nice Place to Start

3. What is a Civilization? • Advanced Cities • Specialized Workers • Complex Institutions • Record Keeping • Advanced Technology

4. What Has Changed? • People began to colonize River Valley Civilizations • Rivers flooded and allowed for good farming • Silt • When you grow your own food, you don’t need to travel • These early groups also domesticated animals My co-workers are freaks…I mean that dude has a tail, seriously?

5. The Earliest Civilizations • Mesopotamia • Egypt • India • China • Phoenecia • Minoan

6. Civilizations and their Water Source That joke is so played, river • Mesopotamia • Tigris & Euphrates • Egypt • Nile • India • Indus & Ganges • China • Yangtze & Huang-He • Minoan • Island in the Mediterranean • Phoenecian • On the coast of the Mediterranean I’m so tired from all of this running

7. Wait…Which God was That?Religion in early Cultures • Polytheistic • Religions containing many gods • Each civilization had its own unique religion, but they all maintained similar characteristics • Religion is extremely important in all cultures

8. New Technologies • Irrigation Ditches • City Walls • Wheel • Sail • Plow • Writing styles • Bronze & Iron

9. New Architecture Ideas • Arch • Ramp • Pyramid • Column

10. Great Creations of the ERVC Era • Pyramids • Egypt • Alphabet • Phoenecia • Hammurabi’s Code • Babylon • Birth of Hinduism • India • Foundation for the Olympics • Minoans • First Written Language • Mesopotamia • First Religious Temple • Mesopotamia

11. Let’s All Share Something • Cultural Diffusion begins with the rise and fall of empires • Definition: the sharing of culture through trade and interaction These girls just saw Two Girls One Cup

12. Moment of Zen