Development of Ancient civilizations

Geographic factors influenced early ancient civilization’s developments of their nations and regions. These factors also stimulated the dissemination of culture. To name a few, Egypt and Mesopotamia both highly relied on its river. Greece being surrounded by mountains that divided the land led to the development of city states. These factors played a major part of how these civilizations came to be who they are. An early river valley civilization didn’t have much of a chance surviving a bad environment and a bad geographical location. Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley were some of the fortunate locations where their surrounding’s condition were beneficial for them. These civilizations wouldn’t have had survived if it weren’t for each location’s earthly gift.

Egypt is located north on the continent of Africa with the Mediterranean Sea bordering the region. The region had a very hot and dry climate. It had two seasons which were summer and winter. The land in Egypt is about ninety percent desert. Egypt had two separate lands in which the ancient Egyptians identified as the “black land” and the “red land.” The “black land” which was located on the banks of the River Nile was rich of soil and fertile. They used this land to farm and grow crops. Each year, a fertile layer of rich black silt wash up on the banks after the Nile flooded. The “red land” is a barren desert where nothing grows but it provided Egyptians protection from invasions of other kingdoms close to them. Not only it provided a decent defense but it was also rich of precious metals such as coppers, iron and gold. The land also quarried variety types of stones such as limestone, sandstone, and granite. These are some of the usual stones the Egyptians used to bui...

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...ea. They raised armies and collected taxes. The birth of science, literature, philosophy, creation of arts, and architectures emerges from this civilization. These were all achieved against the backdrop of wars and conflict. This civilization shaped our modern world.

As you can see, geographic factors made huge impacts on how civilizations came to be who they are. Despite the draw backs of its environment’s harsh condition, they benefited from it. Each of these early civilizations contributed to the creation of the modern world as we know now. Each having divergent of cultures, traditions, inventions and resources spread throughout the nations. The history of Ancient civilizations is indeed magnificent. Without the social coherent that the new cities brought, civilization as we know it might had never appeared, for that we own the first city builders a great dept.