flooded the surrounding banks and made the soil exceptionally rich. * Egypt bordered on the side of sea and dessert which was difficult to invade and conquer it. 2. Mesopotamia has the Tigris and Euphrates River‚ commonly referred to “Fertile Crescent.” * Mesopotamia was formed in between these two rivers. * When Mesopotamia has a flood‚ they are forced to supply their agricultural lands. * Mesopotamia land was easily opened for attack. * Writing Differences 1. Egypt created
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great opportunity to attack and take control of some very important land. Some of the land that they wanted to capture was called the Fertile Crescent and was very rich with many resources such as very rich soil which is opportune for growing crops‚ as well as large rivers of water for drinking ("Fertile Crescent."). The Athenians were able to attack the Fertile Crescent because of environmental determinism. The land the Athenians were on allowed them to create a strong civilization early‚ which allowed
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security by transport. The land around the Nile was (also quite) fertile due to (reverse order) mineral deposits left from annual floods‚ (which allowed) allowing for high yield (ing) agricultural harvests. Between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates‚ the Mesopotamians share the Fertile Crescent with the (share the geographic character or geographic space?) Egyptians (Meso) as "the land between two rivers” was a naturally fertile location for irrigation. The wheel and animal husbandry are
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Guns‚ Germs‚ And Steel Author: Jared Diamond 1. Write a short half a page biography of the author; include information about his areas of research‚ books written‚ and prizes awarded. Jared Mason Diamond was born on 10 September 1937 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He earned an A.B degree from Harvard University in 1958 and a Ph.D. in physiology from Cambridge University in 1961. Diamond was a Junior Fellow at Harvard from 1962 to 1966‚ at which point he became a professor of physiology at the UCLA
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Early River Valley Civilizations‚ 3500 B.C.–450 B.C. Previewing Main Ideas INTERACTION WITH ENVIRONMENT The earliest civilizations formed on fertile river plains. These lands faced challenges‚ such as seasonal flooding and a limited growing area. Geography What rivers helped sustain the four river valley civilizations? POWER AND AUTHORITY Projects such as irrigation systems required leadership and laws—the beginnings of organized government. In some societies‚ priests controlled the first
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a diverse landscape due to its great size. It contains marshy fertile shores along the Nile and the salty shores along the six seas it borders. Also‚ the empire contains the Fertile Crescent in between and around the esteemed Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Most of the farming away from fertile areas were small subsistence farming. Furthermore‚ there are many mountains and valleys‚ and of course dry arid deserts. With most of the fertile land being near rivers‚ many large cities sit close to these rivers
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2009). Altogether‚ the beginning of all civilization began‚ simply‚ with growing crops and trading them. The growing of crops in Mesopotamia took place near the rivers surrounding it: the Tigris and Euphrates. The area is now known as the “fertile crescent‚” and can support a variety of crops (Rayment‚ 2012). Because the main outcome of Mesopotamia’s toil was crops‚ they relied heavily on trade to support the people (Perry‚ et. al‚ 2009). What helped Mesopotamia to succeed most was the fact that
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had a unique culture and way of life. Both civilizations excelled at feeding and supporting large populations of people. This was done largely because both had techniques that allowed them to excel in farming and agriculture. Mesopotamia had fertile valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Despite receiving little rainfall‚ the Tigris and Euphrates brought large volumes of fresh water to the region through irrigation. Cultivators tapped these rivers‚ built reservoirs‚ and dug canals so they
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Starting around 597 BCE‚ the Babylonian Empire‚ centered in the city of Babylon in the Fertile Crescent‚ conquered the Kingdom of Judah. The upper class Jewish people‚ Israelites who lived in Judah‚ were ordered by the Babylonian King‚ Nebuchadnezzar II‚ to leave Jerusalem and live in captivity in Babylon. The period of time from 597 to 539 BCE‚ which ended when the Persian king Cyrus the Great took over Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to Judah‚ is known as the Babylonian Exile or Captivity
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was also sandstone and limestone that was used for building temples‚ statues and pyramids. The second way the Nile benefited Egypt ’s development was the benefit to agriculture. The Nile provided farmers a way to irrigate crops as well as provided fertile top soil to farmers. The Nile had a wide riverbed which decreased chances of flooding
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