The Four Ancient Civilizations
Ancient civilizations
The following 4 ancient civilizations all have very different types of development whether it be because the difference in geographical, economic or social location does not change the fact that these four civilizations have come (and some have not come) to present day extremely different from one another because of their different developmental patterns.
Extremely early Egyptians began settling along the Nile during the Neolithic period. The Nile provided necessary resources such as water, wildlife, and the ability to grow crops that the new form of human settlement had become accustom to. The Nile provided life for the Egyptians, but the desert around The Nile, was filled with nothing but death for humans. The greatest thing about this setup of having life within and death without was that the Egyptians could sustain themselves without much dependence on the outside world, and best of all, the desert protected them from invaders. In this way, Egyptians were not burdened with the thoughts of defending themselves from invasion or bartering their goods to get things they needed, they had natural protection and provision. With this in mind, you can see how the Egyptians were then able to spend less time thinking about many of the things that other civilizations think about, and spend more time thinking about other things such as art, math, language and other abstract ideas.
Near the beginning of ancient Egypt’s history The Nile valley was practically unlivable. Eventually the land around the banks of the river was cleared and irrigated. By around 6000 BC society in the Valley had already progressed to organized agriculture and the construction of large buildings. By at least 4000 BC cows were being herded, mortar was being used in the construction of buildings, and barley and emmer was being grown.
During this time Egypt was divided into 2 kingdoms called Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. It is thought that sometime around 3150 BC King Menes brought
The following 4 ancient civilizations all have very different types of development whether it be because the difference in geographical, economic or social location does not change the fact that these four civilizations have come (and some have not come) to present day extremely different from one another because of their different developmental patterns.
Extremely early Egyptians began settling along the Nile during the Neolithic period. The Nile provided necessary resources such as water, wildlife, and the ability to grow crops that the new form of human settlement had become accustom to. The Nile provided life for the Egyptians, but the desert around The Nile, was filled with nothing but death for humans. The greatest thing about this setup of having life within and death without was that the Egyptians could sustain themselves without much dependence on the outside world, and best of all, the desert protected them from invaders. In this way, Egyptians were not burdened with the thoughts of defending themselves from invasion or bartering their goods to get things they needed, they had natural protection and provision. With this in mind, you can see how the Egyptians were then able to spend less time thinking about many of the things that other civilizations think about, and spend more time thinking about other things such as art, math, language and other abstract ideas.
Near the beginning of ancient Egypt’s history The Nile valley was practically unlivable. Eventually the land around the banks of the river was cleared and irrigated. By around 6000 BC society in the Valley had already progressed to organized agriculture and the construction of large buildings. By at least 4000 BC cows were being herded, mortar was being used in the construction of buildings, and barley and emmer was being grown.
During this time Egypt was divided into 2 kingdoms called Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. It is thought that sometime around 3150 BC King Menes brought
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