I ranked agricultural intensification first on my list of the seven most important aspects of a civilization. I did this because‚ agricultural intensification allowed Mesopotamians to manipulate their land for the purpose of producing large amounts of food. Agricultural intensification allowed the people of Mesopotamia to thrive as they had plenty of food to eat and store. I ranked agricultural intensification first because it allowed the government to feed its people and as a result give its population
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Throughout history‚ civilizations have hassled with access to water sources. The locations of the earliest settled communities were directly influenced by the availability of water. An ample water supply and the adequate management of waste-water removal factors considerably into the development of civilizations throughout history. Expansion of technologies‚ in response to problems associated with the distribution and maintenance of a clean water supply‚ to settlements and cities‚ directly correlates
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How is the Nile different from the Tigris and Euphrates? Egyptians depended on waters of a great river system. They had the Nile‚ Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Nile is 4‚000 miles long and it starts far in the south‚ in lakes of central Africa and it empties into the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria (Pouwels‚ Adler‚ 2015‚ pg. 37). All three rivers would flood‚ but with the Tigris and Euphrates you could not predict when they were going to flood. The Nile on the other hand was a benevolent river
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Evolution of Tigers The tiger (Panthera tigris)‚ a member of the Felidae family‚ is the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera include: The tiger‚ lion‚ jaguar‚ leopard. Native to much of eastern and southern Asia‚ the tiger is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. 1‚ The origin and evolution of the tiger. Carnivorous mammals evolved from Miacids small pine marten-like insectivores that lived 60 million - 55 million years ago. The miacids split into
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extinct. <br> <br>Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris) <br>The Bengal tiger is probably the most popular of the tigers. It is also known as the Indian tiger. The Bengal tiger became endangered in the 1940’s‚ when tiger hunting was legal. <br> <br>Caspian Tiger (Panthera Tigris Virgata) <br>The Caspian tigers once ranged throughout Afghanistan‚ Iran‚ the former Soviet Union‚ and Turkey. This species is now extinct. <br> <br>Chinese Tiger (Panthera Tigris Amoyensis) <br>Living in Eastern China‚ the
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The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is the most numerous tiger subspecies. Its populations have been estimated at 1‚706–1‚909 in India‚ 440 in Bangladesh‚ 163–253 in Nepal and 67–81 in Bhutan.[2][3][4][5] Since 2010‚ it has been classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. The total population is estimated at fewer than 2‚500 individuals with a decreasing trend‚ and none of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within the Bengal tiger’s range is large enough to support an effective population
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Panthera tigris remaining in Indonesia. The subspecies is distributed only on the island of Sumatra. Status critically endangered cause Panthera tigris sumatrae ex-situ conservation. Therefore‚ do captive breeding programs in zoos or wildlife refuges‚ one of which is the Surabaya Zoo. This study aimed to observe the daily behavior and the factors that influence the adaptation Panthera tigris sumatrae at Surabaya Zoo‚ then compared with the literature. Studies using focal animal sampling in June 2012
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Ancient Egypt was built in the fertile area on the banks of the river Nile. The basis for Mesopotamia was in the Fertile Crescent‚ specially the area around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Water is important for agriculture which is the very basis for a civilisation. The rivers of both the civilisations (Nile in Egypt and Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia) had varied upper and lower regions. The Nile river valley marked the landscape of Upper Egypt where it flowed from the highlands in a
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civilizations started in the Tigris-Euphrates and Nile valleys. Later‚ civilizations started spreading along the Nile and then to other parts of the Middle East. The beginning of these civilizations provided a framework for most of the developments in the world. Civilizations that began in the Middle East had some distinct reasons which secured the evolution of these civilizations. The cradles of civilizations were river valleys where there are lands around the Tigris River‚ Euphrates River and the
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convenient location between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This river valley region’s rich soil and access to waterways made early civilization thrive on agriculture and trade. Although much has changed since its beginnings‚ the Mesopotamian River Valley has continued to grow and develop as a civilization to this day. During the time period 2000 BCE to present‚ Mesopotamia has changed geographically‚ religiously‚ and economically‚ but the rich resource of the Tigris and the Euphrates river has stayed
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