CAS HI 175 Midterm: Study Guide Midterm
11 Sep 2015
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River in common day india that supported the harrapan river. It flooded 2 times a year which allowed for the growth of 2 cycles of crops on the soil fertilized by the rivers minerals. Rivers in common day iraq that supported the ancient river civilization of mesopotamia. River flooded irregularly which made the environment very harsh. River in china that supported the yellow river valley. It flooded unpredictably and deposited loess on the shores which turned the almost sterile soil in to farmable land. It was attributed to cyrus the great and his coup of the assyrian state medes. The region in india that the king asoka conquered. He regretted the blood and pain that resulted. From seeing the suffering he had caused he converted to buddhism and used conversion as a tactic to conquer. Peninsula on mexico"s caribbean coast where the maya civilization was located. The peninsula"s diverse microclimates at each altitude explain the mayan"s mysterious decline.
