Comparison of the River Valley Civilizations: A Review

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Across
  1. 1. the first major urban civilization of Mesoamerica
  2. 4. the tuber that grew in the Andes region of South America
  3. 6. the grain crop of the American civilizations Chavin and Olmec
  4. 9. the Mesoamerican peoples never invented this...perhaps due to a lack of large domesticated animals
  5. 10. this first developed out of a need to control / harness labor for irrigation projects
  6. 14. the metal that dominated tools and weapons by 3500 BC
  7. 15. the civilization of trading cities along the Indus River in South Asia (India)
  8. 16. these served as the "heartbeat" and center of a civilization's trade, government, and societal functions
  9. 17. the first organized Chinese Dynasty...perhaps influenced the Olmec
  10. 18. these non-farming peoples lived on the periphery of civilization and often traded...and raided the settled peoples
  11. 19. this invention led to the creation of law codes
Down
  1. 2. the civilization dominated by the Nile River
  2. 3. the unique Chinese philosophy of the gods blessing the rule (or not) of a king or emperor
  3. 5. a Sumerian temple to the gods
  4. 7. the civilization that began along the Huang He River
  5. 8. the Zhou of China ruled over their subjects in a loose form of government, dominated by a warrior elite
  6. 11. the civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the Middle East
  7. 12. the Peruvian civilization of the Andes region of the Americas
  8. 13. the nomadic pastoralists that conquered India, bringing Sanskrit and developing Hinduism over time