Past, Present, and the Interesting by Icarus Berrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa en-us 2020-11-12 14:53:37 UTC 2020-11-12 15:57:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Iraq prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916829572 In the past this and , Kuwait, Turkey and Syria used to be apart of what we called Mesopotamia. They had 2 rivers called the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, to say the least they were unpredictable and hard to manage and often flooded crops and towns but provided a lot of fertile soil from the mountains. But they did have writing to help log in their trade and agriculture but it branched out to other things and activities that they enjoyed doing called cuneiform.]]> 2020-11-12 15:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916829572 Egypt prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916843191 The Nile on a narrow strip of land made fertile by the river. So it left behind a rich deposit of fertile black mud called silt and was made into many things and used for many things like clay or soil. They used hieroglyphics for different letters and to document trade. ]]> 2020-11-12 15:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916843191 India prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916846679 The world’s tallest mountains to the north and a large desert to the east helped protect the Indus Valley from invasion. They were proned to wet and dry seasons of monsoons that destroyed their crops. But they were the first to make complex maze city structures and plumbing.
 
]]> 2020-11-12 15:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916846679 China prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916854022 Two major river systems flow from the mountainous west to the Pacific Ocean. The Huang He (Yellow River) is found in the north. In central China, Chang Jiang, (Yangtze) flows east to the Yellow Sea. The Huang He deposits huge amounts of yellowish silt when it overflows its banks. They believed each time the rivers flooded it meant that their gods were angry and wanted a new ruler because the one they have isn’t good enough.]]> 2020-11-12 15:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916854022 Greece prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916935959 Greeks rarely had to travel more than 85 miles to reach the coastline. The Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the neighboring Black Sea were important transportation routes for the Greek people. The Greeks became skilled sailors, sea travel connected Greece with other societies.
And olives and grapes are two of the basic crops that grow in Greece.
]]> 2020-11-12 15:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916935959 Japan prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916959381 It was more prone for natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes being the worse ones because they are tectonic plates and they are literally on top of the ring of fire which are active underground volcanoes and an active volcano on their land as well. They made islands and the heavens along with the island and japan with the sea but they also go and explain how the sun was the most important thing in the culture but they also explain that they had another god (s)/goddesses(s) to help the world and connection to the heaven and the earth and had rules of japan be their descendants to rule the dynasties which will make sense to how they think their land and their troubles and a new rule as all decided by the gods.]]> 2020-11-12 15:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916959381 El Salvador prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916967227 El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras,  Guatemala, Belize, and central to southern Mexico were all part of the Mayan empire. They constructed an organized and complex civilization consisting of many city-states throughout the region. Such an array of landscapes is host to a rich diversity of wildlife and plants; Maya culture adapted creatively to this diverse natural world.They changed their environment to meet 
their needs by making water resavars and 
by making central ceremonial complexes
]]> 2020-11-12 15:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916967227 Madagascar prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916999186 Rare palm trees, succulents, and over 1,000 species of orchids grow on the island. Wildlife Conservation Society revealed that rising sea temperatures were having a disastrous effect on another of Madagascar's ecosystems, the unique coral reefs located off Madagascar's southwestern coast (global warming). Many waterfalls allow hydroelectric power to be the nation's primary method of domestic power generation. But large undersea oil reserves off the island's west coast amounting to an estimated five billion barrels. And is the largest producer of vanilla on the planet, growing some 50% of the global supply.]]> 2020-11-12 15:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/916999186 Philippines prberrios https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/917025471 Philippines' climate is generally hot and humid at sea level, with cooler temperatures in the mountains. Rainfall is heavy and varies with the area and season. The archipelago is dotted with numerous active and dormant volcanoes, and all of the islands are prone to earthquakes. Rice and corn are grown throughout the country, while sugarcane cultivation is concentrated in three locations. The Philippines is one of the top fish producing countries in the world, and more than 2,000 different kinds of fish are found here]]> 2020-11-12 15:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/prberrios/ia8xb5iby93dbtpa/wish/917025471