All throughout history, geographic factors have affected the development of nations and regions. An example of this would be how the rivers in the Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia’s civilizations changed the negative impacts of the rivers into positive impacts. In Ancient Egypt the Nile River flooded them each year, although it sounds like it would be something that would negatively affect for the, it actually was the most important time of year for them. When the river flooded it renewed the farmlands, therefore creating more fertile land to grow their crops in. They also used the Nile to transport goods. The Ancient Mesopotamians had the Tigris and Euphrates rivers of which they also heavily relied on the flooding that occurred. Without
