Impact Of Geography On Ancient Civilizations

Throughout the history of ancient civilizations geography has a significant impact on civilizations in order for them to be successful and orderly managed. Some geographical features may be rivers, mountains, deserts, oceans and climate. Geography is the earth’s physical features and mankind’s relationship with those features. China and Egypt are two countries from two different continents in which Egypt is from Africa while China is from Asia. The geographic features of China and Egypt have impacted the development of ancient civilizations in a positive and negative manner. The Egyptian civilization’s geographic feature of the Nile River and the deserts along with China’s Yellow and Huang He River and mountains have developed their ancient civilizations. …show more content…
The Egyptian civilization was formed during the Neolithic Age where the men didn’t need to live a nomadic life. A nomadic life is when a person needs to move from place to place in order to gather and hunt for food. For instance, based on the “Case Study Ancient Egypt” Egypt has the Nile River which provides them with numerous resources. The Nile River was ideal for agriculture or farming and is considered one of the longest rivers having a length of 4000 miles. This was a great way of having resources since they had predictable floods which provided them with silt. This river also provided Egyptians with a natural barrier which kept enemies out. This is a significant resource due to the fact that this natural barrier kept enemies away from conquering their land and provided them with rich soil that could be used for agriculture. Agriculture was essential since it provided them with a steady and reliable food supply. Farmers were required and responsible for agriculture in