China
-main civilizated river is Huang He (Yellow River)
-had dynasties
-believed in confucsionism
Sumeria
-Used shekels as currency
-Wealthy people, preists, and kings were at the top of the social structure
-traded lapis lazuli, carrelian, ivory, gold, and silver
Egypt
-grew wheat, barley, vegetables, figs, melons, and grapes
-built pyrimids
-river of civilization is the Nile
-Had two main civilized rivers (Tigris and Eupherates/ Yellow River and Wei)
-elevated the homes of gods
-built structures out of mud brick
-They all are monolithic
-Rulers are comparably at the top of the social structure
-For all of the civilizations the preists were the second on the social structure
-Sumeria, Egypt, as well as China did not treat women as equals to men
