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¶ … Geography on Political, Cultural, and Economic Development of Early Civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley
The focus of this study is the effect of geography on the political, cultural, and economic development of early civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley. The characteristic that Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley all have in common is that they were all river valleys. Therefore, the geography of these locations was very much alike and likewise their culture, political landscape, and economic development were all very much the same.
Statement of Thesis
The civilization of Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley were highly affected by the geography of these regions, which resulted in rapid expansion, and growth of these civilizations and which affected the cultural, political, and economic environment of these areas of the world.
Mesopotamia & Egypt
What is known as the Urban revolution occurred in Mesopotamia and Egypt around 3,500 BC. This time period is reported to form the "...symbolic boundary between pre-history and history and is a time in which "mankind invented civilization. The Urban Revolution is held to have resulted from:
(1) a favorable geographical and ecological setting (i.e. A setting such as the Tigris-Euphrates Valley, the Nile Valley, the Indus Valley, or the Yellow River Valley in China made the production of a substantial food surplus relatively easy) and (2) a cultural factor, i.e. A people with the knowledge and drive to respond to the challenge presented by these environmental settings. What these peoples, the peoples of these valleys, had to learn to do was organize...
(The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, 2006)
It is reported as well that the first advent of civilization took place in the Fertile Crescent, which is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and in the Nile River valley during the middle of the fourth millennium BC. The land is this area of flat with an alternating hot and dries to very wet climate producing floods and resulting in swamplands. (The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, 2006, paraphrased) The rivers behaved violently in Mesopotamia and in an unpredictable fashion. In Egypt, the Nile River is reported as having been much more predictable. (The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, 2006, paraphrased) the result of the erratic river behaviors resulted in the necessity…
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Ancient Civilizations to 300 BC Introduction: The Invention and Diffusion of Civilization (2006) The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Retrieved from: http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/lecture_ancient_civ.htm
Guisepi, R.A. (nd) The Indus Valley and the Genesis of South Asian Civilization. Retrieved from: http://history-world.org/indus_valley.htm
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