HuangHe		The Nile was used as a ___ to transport goods
Irrigation		Wall built to hold back the Huang He's flood waters
farming		"Land between the rivers"
Ziggurat		Frequent devastating floods caused many of the ancient Chinese to die in this manner
monsoon		Built using mud bricks from the silt of the Tigris and Euphrates
inundation		To cover with water
HuangHeDelta		Causes Indus and Ganges to overflow in the summer
Mediterranean		"The Yellow River"
citadels		Egyptians believed the afterlife was located here
WestBank		Where the Nile Delta empties into
highway		Journey made to Ganges river by Hindus to bathe in the river to die by the river banks
famine		Forts inside cities built on brick platforms made from the Indus river
silt		The Huang He's silt make the land in Northeast China fertile to do this
papyrus		The Indus and Ganges rivers flow from ___ in the Himalayan Mountains
dike		Flood waters of the Tigris and Euphrates came from melted snow off of these mountains
Mesopotamia		Created from silt dropped at the Huang He's mouth
pilgrimage		River the ancient Egyptians depended upon
Zargos		Flows in the Huang He, causing the riverbed to rise and flood
glaciers		Reed that grows on Nile river banks and used to make baskets, sandals, and paper
Nile		Farming method used to move water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers