HIST 010 Midterm: Test #1 Review Sheet
13 Oct 2016
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Bc; this was a return to the city-states of mesopotamia: hammurabi was the next ruler to unite city-states of mesopotamia to create an empire. Harappa: harappa (and mohenjo daro) were cities in the harappan civilization that flourished in the. They were close to mesopotamia and traded with them. Traded with ships over the persian gulf: great poetry and sculpture, the fall of the harappan empire. It is unknown how the harappan empire came to an end. It is unlikely that the aryans (indo-european pastoral people) destroyed them: they were most likely destroyed by climate change, epidemic, or natural phenomena. Nile: the nile river flows from the heart of africa, northward for thousands of miles. It is the largest river in the world. It creates fertile land on either bank as it deposits silt. It was consistent in flooding and was predictable.
