BLOG #4: CHAPTER 2 DIAGRAMS

There were quite a few pictures and diagrams in Chapter two, on page 62 there was a picture of basically the world that showed First Civilizations. In the map of First Civilizations there were seven civilizations that developed in different locations around the world. Quoting the book all developed "within a few thousand years, from 3500 to 1000 B.C.E." (Strayer, 62). There were civilizations in the Andes mountains, near the Yucantan Peninsula, near the Euphraties River, near the Caspian Sea, near the Yellow River, near the Indus River, and in Lower egypt. All except one of these civilations developed near water, rivers to be specific, and I think that was cool because it was their water source which I am assuming. There was also a picture on page 66 of a bronze tiger. After reading the excerpt about the picture I learned that the bronze tiger was made around 1100 B.C.E. and that it was an artifact that showed the Chinese worked with bronze. I also learned that they believed that "the tiger was a messenger between heaven and the human world" (Snyder, 66). One picture that I came across in Chapter 2 that sounded familiar was Mohenjo Daro, I learned about it in middle school from what I do recall. So it only sounded familiar to me, after reading the excerpt about the picture of Mohenjo Daro I learned that it was "the largest cuty if the Indus Valley Civilization" (Snyder, 70) and that it flourished around 2000 B.C.E.