World History by Larisa Elliott

Tigris River, Iraq

lelliott35 — 2021-05-17 13:22:57 UTC

Along with the Euphrates River, this is a location of some of the earliest civilizations.

Instructions:

lelliott35 — 2021-05-17 13:27:10 UTC

Using online resources, post a location and its significance in World History. To create your post, click on the + and type or select a location in the "Location" area at the bottom of your post. You may also click and drag the "point" to the map. Include an image! You can also look for an image first, then copy the link address to the image and place it in your post with a description.

Mesopotamia, Iraq

lelliott35 — 2021-05-17 13:35:58 UTC

Mesopotamia was the name of the region where the earliest civilizations developed. The Tigris and Euphrates River system provided a rich area for agriculture to develop. The climate and geography was appealing to settlements.

Ur, Iraq

lelliott35 — 2021-05-17 13:42:14 UTC

Ziggurat of Ur - an example of an ancient Sumerian structure, similar to a pyramid.

San Angelo, TX, USA

lelliott35 — 2021-05-17 14:21:59 UTC

A small west texas city known for ranching, farming, goats, sheep, rodeo, etc...

Nile, River Nile

2021-05-17 14:56:00 UTC

crops grew well around the river so civilization grew

Egypt

2021-05-17 15:06:53 UTC

had their own plumbing in individual houses and cities developed along the riverbanks

Fertile Crescent, Mosul, Iraq

lelliott35 — 2021-05-17 15:09:28 UTC

Ancient Sumerians grew a civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in this area.
Sumerians developed trade using their surplus crops (barley).

Egypt

2021-05-17 15:10:33 UTC

Where hieroglyphics all started, it was the formal writing system. There was at least 1,000 distinct characters.

Euphrates River, Iraq

lelliott35 — 2021-05-17 15:11:30 UTC

Along with the Tigris River, the Euphrates formed an area known as the "Fertile Crescent" where many ancient civilizations grew.

Kabul, Afghanistan

lelliott35 — 2024-07-30 19:30:04 UTC

Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province.

Kabul is believed to be over 3,500 years old. (Wikipedia)

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lelliott35 — 2024-07-30 19:34:26 UTC

The Roman Empire covered all the area where you see red during the first century. By 476 d.C. (A.D.) the empire had fallen.

Israel

lelliott35 — 2024-08-20 01:16:48 UTC

Esta civilizacion floreció al lado del mar mediterráneo durante los siglos .......

Tanzania

2024-08-20 01:21:02 UTC

Numerous archaeological finds around Tanzania prove that vast immigration movements occurred around the 1st and 2nd centuries AD with agriculturist tribes from Cameroon and Nigeria emerging into East Africa and Tanzania and absorbing or expelling the local Bushmen and Hottentots into the Kalahari desert.

More than a thousand places with Rock Paintings, especially around Kondoa at Kolo, Cheke and Kisese, testify that there was an intensely active Stone Age civilisation in the area.

The Hadzapi and Sandawe tribes who lived in that region kept their khoisan click language and, numbering only a few thousand, still live in such primitive conditions that they can rightly be considered as today's only survivors, throughout Africa, of the Stone Age civilisation.

Mesopotamia, Irak

2024-08-20 01:24:06 UTC

La historia de Mesopotamia está dividida en cinco etapas: periodo sumerio, Imperio acadio, Imperio babilónico, Imperio asirio e Imperio neobabilónico. El sistema social estaba ligado a la economía, por lo que no había castas ni estratificación, solo diferenciación en las posiciones económicas.En Oriente Medio, entre los ríos Tigris y Éufrates, se encuentra la Mesopotamia. Esta región está ubicada en territorio de Irak y en el norte de Siria. Desde el año 6000 A.C. se desarrolla en la Mesopotamia la agricultura gracias al aporte de agua que realizan estos dos caudalosos ríos.Mesopotamia significa “Entre ríos”. Se llamó así a la región construida por los cuencas de los ríos Tigris y Éufrates, actualmente corresponde en su mayoría al territorio de Iraq.

Brasil

2024-08-20 01:29:12 UTC

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Etiopía

2024-08-20 01:32:10 UTC

Erbil, Irak

2024-08-20 01:35:49 UTC

Erbil es la capital de la Región Autónoma Kurda y sede del gobierno regional kurdo. Es la tercera ciudad más grande de Irak, después de Bagdad y Basora. A Erbil se la considera como la ciudad más antigua que ha estado habitada permanentemente.

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Syria

lelliott35 — 2024-08-20 01:41:04 UTC

El bronce fue descubierto en Siria

El Cairo, Egipto

2024-08-20 01:44:28 UTC

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo, Egypt’s sprawling capital, is set on the Nile River. At its heart is Tahrir Square and the vast Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities including royal mummies and gilded King Tutankhamun artifacts. Nearby, Giza is the site of the iconic pyramids and Great Sphinx, dating to the 26th century BC. In Gezira Island’s leafy Zamalek district, 187m Cairo Tower affords panoramic city views. ― Google

Iraq

lelliott35 — 2024-08-20 01:49:31 UTC

El imperio acadio florecio en mesopotamia entre los rios eufrates y tigris, en los valles.

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2024-08-20 01:49:33 UTC

ACUNA Coahuila, Mexico

lelliott35 — 2026-06-15 15:14:52 UTC

Ciudad Acuña (Spanish: Acuña City), commonly referred to simply as Acuña, is a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It is located along the Rio Grande, (also known as Rio Bravo) which forms part of the United States–Mexico border, across from Del Rio, Texas, United States.

Ciudad Acuña has two international border crossings: the Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing and the Del Río–Ciudad Acuña International Bridge. (Google)

The first recorded settlement of Acuña took place on 27 December 1877. (Wikipedia)

Russia

2026-06-15 15:37:05 UTC

Russia,^[b] or the Russian Federation,^[c]^[d] is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries.^[e] With a population of over 140 million, Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous in the world. (Wikipedia)