The Usage and Control of Waterways

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The usage/control of waterways has many political and economic effects on societies today and in the past. One way that the usage/ control of waterways has an effect politically and economically is by the control/ usage of waterway helped civilizations sprout. Another way is by the control/usage of waterways creates easier trade routes. The next way is by the control/ usage of waterways helps agriculture do well. These are some of the ways that the control/ usage of waterways had effects politically and economically on societies today and in the past. The usage/control of waterways helped civilizations sprout in the past and in the present. Document 1 shows many examples of how control/usage of waterways helped sprout civilizations in the present and in the past. One example that is showed in document 1 is the Tigris and Euphrates River which helped civilizations sprout by providing hydraulic power and fresh water. Another example in document 1 is the Mekong River which helped civilizations sprout by the river provided irrigation to the crops. The next example from document 1 is the Yangtze River which helped civilizations sprout by it provided hydraulic power. Another example form document 1 is the Indus River which helped civilizations sprout by the river provides irrigation for the crops. The control/usage of the waterways give the essential’s for a civilization to start. In addition, the control/ usage of the waterways also made trade a lot easier. The usage/control of the waterways made trade a lot easier to do in the past and today. Document 4 has many examples of how the control/usage of waterways made trade a lot easier. One example in document 4 is the Panama Canal provided a short relatively inexpensive passageway be... ... middle of paper ... ...rways had political effects and economic effects on society. The control/usage of waterways is important to the economic and political factors of society today and in the past. One way is that the control/usage of the waterways helped many of the civilizations here today start. For example Egypt, China, India, etc. Another way is that the control/usage of the waterways helped made the trading between other civilizations easier which made civilizations become more exposed to other cultures. The next way is that the control/usage of the waterways helped make agriculture grows which helped lead to making currency’s and trade happen. In many documents it shows that many of the trade routes, civilizations, and farmers needed waterways to become the future. In the long run, the control/usage of waterways had many effects on the political and economic factors of society.

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