Nile and the Euphrates

Nile and the Yangtze

Tigris and the Yangtze

Tigris and the Euphrates

leaving behind flecks of gold used for making money

leaving silt behind that helped crops grow

making it easier to travel upstream

making it easier to transport goods by boat

a single god

ancestor-worship

animal-worship

many gods

a government building

a temple

a school

a place to store grain

merchants

artisans

priests

farmers

A type of Sumerian story

A Sumerian building

Sumerian money

the Sumerian system of writing

a Syrian prince

a Mesopotamian priest

a Babylonian King

an Amorite merchant

his personality

his code of laws

his clean city

his government

by building roads that connected the provinces

by reducing taxes for poor citizens

by appointing governors to run provinces

by being just and fair

Syrians

Sumerians

Greeks

Chaldeans