Indus River Valley Dbq

Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus River Valley

The achievements of Egypt, Sumer and the Indus River Valley are incredible considering the period of time they were in. Most of these achievements have created a base for the architecture, technology and language we have now. They created tools, and systems to make their lives easier and more understandable. Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus River Valley have built irrigation and writing systems, such as cuneiform and architectural innovations, such as arches and ramps that have contributed to our way of life now.

I have chosen these three civilizations because they have the most achievements. They also have a lot of evidence and details to support their claims in the documents. The documents I will be using and getting my evidence from are documents 1,3,4, and 6. These documents have clearly and thoroughly explained the civilization’s achievements.

They have built irrigation canals to bring water to all off their fields. According to document 3, Farmers would use a shadouf to irrigate their crops. A shadouf is a weighted pole with a bucket on one end. The shadouf would swing the bucket around so that it can be emptied in to the irrigation canal. That is an example of technological advances Egypt had at the time. In document 4, they talk about how they prepared the pharaoh for the afterlife, and how they built the pyramids. Pyramids were built by peasants with huge blocks of stone as a final resting place for the ka, or spirit, of the Pharaoh. In this resting place, they placed gold, jewels, chariots, and statues. This contributed to humanity because the civilians could irrigate their fields