The monsoons are significant because they make the Himalayas act like a third pole and variations in there timing could mean floods or famine for India. The monsoons bring moisture from June to…
Some of the places where geography shaped the people's lives are Mesopotamia and China and it also shaped people's lives during the Stone Age. Some of the geographical landforms that shaped people's lives were hills, cliffs,valleys, rivers, ponds, creeks and wetlands. Mesopotamia had the perfect geography to start a civilization. It had rivers, hills and plains. (Document 1-5) Mesopotamia was in the fertile crescent so the land was very fertile and good for farming.…
The lives of people were shaped by the geography of their region because of natural barriers. According to document 2, China is surrounded by the Himalaya, Pamir, Tian mountains, Takla Maklan desert, and the Gobi desert. Because of this, traveling and transporting was difficult, which prevented China from contacting with other cultures. In Egypt, it was protected by surrounding barriers of desert. Because it was surrounded by natural barriers, this resulted in Egypt to becoming isolated.…
The land was more mountain, and rocky, built with thick forests, and little flat lands. The geographical differences were the trade items, land build, temperature, winter and summers, and crop…
India was similar to China in that it had different dynasties with different types of government. In India the two major empires, the Mauryan and the Gupta, did not last long enough to unify the country. Ruling in different ways, the Mauryan empire had a centralized government, but the Gupta empire was based on a decentralized government. In contrast, China was centered around its government. China’s different governments influenced how society ran.…
The way a civilization ran can tell us a lot about where we came from. Examining how China and Africa were thousands of years ago reveals incite onto why those regions perform various tasks and customs. For example, the ridged government style in early Chinese dynasties has left an imprint on the people of china today and explains their strict and obedient behavior and high expectations. Cities and States in China, located in East Asia, and West Africa had many similarities and differences in political and social aspects. Early Chinese dynasties differed politically from early Africa in the hierarchy structure.…
The earliest of civilizations consisted of core advancements that defined the communities that inhabited within it. These communities were driven by factors that would decide the overall outcome of the civilization. Ancient cultures had to overcome a variety of challenges to grow into civilization. Mesopotamian and Indian religion, technology and accomplishments, and women have all influenced methods and modern civilizations around the world. Both Mesopotamia and India have faced challenges, improvements, and concerns that have led their cultures in two completely different directions.…
The vast classical civilizations of the Maya and Indians have paved the way for the current world. Despite residing in different time periods, their influence has resonated throughout the ages. While the classical civilizations of the Maya and Mauryan and Gupta India were alike in that they both had a clear cut social organization due to the specialization of occupations in their societies. They differed in the economic and political collapse of their civilizations due to the fact that the downfall of the Maya was mainly due to the effects of nature, which then caused conflicts between city-states and the downfall of Mauryan and Gupta India was a result of the weak successors, internal political conflicts, and foreign invasions and that the political geography of…
Many ancient civilizations had a unique geography that would help shape and influence their cultures. Ancient Egypt and ancient Greece were approximately 1,500 miles apart from cross the Mediterranean Sea and had a different geographical makeup. Even though both these ancient cultures are different geographically, they both are similar in the way that they are influenced by their geography. The landscape of ancient Egypt and Greece played a huge role in influencing their culture, values, politics, and perspectives; as well as affected the connection between these civilizations and their neighbors. The landscape of Greece and Egypt were very different from one another.…
Similar to India, China's economy also had a disadvantage because half of the land was covered by the Gobi desert and Tibet plateau. Initially, the geography of a continent generates cultural differences. Humans are constantly adapting to their climates and making use of their resources. If the climate is tropical, you are more likely to grow crops that consume a lot of water, and are inclined to farm.…
Throughout history a noticeable pattern has been displayed in which a civilization is impacted by the surrounding geographical features. The geography of a civilization can affect its culture, religion, politics, and even architecture. Geography can also form natural borders for protection and natural highways for travel. Natural features can greatly impact a civilization, and Ancient Egypt proves to be no exception to this trend. Located in northeast Africa, Egypt is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert to the west.…
Kaylee Kiewit What is Geography? Why do we study it? Mrs. Bezy/ English 9 Honors/ Period 5 8/11/17 Geography is “the study of the physical features of the Earth and its atmosphere” as well as the activity of humans since we greatly impact the Earth around us. Themes of geography include location, place, region, movement, and human/environment interaction.…
Through evolution, humans began adapting to different environments to which they migrated, which began giving humans physical differences like skin color. Fast forward to when cities were formed, geography impacted agriculture, economics and militaristic strategies. Geography is the single most important factor that decides if a civilization will prosper and survive throughout centuries. The most revolutionizing factor that caused humans to settle and develop a civilization was the ability to farm.…
They were being handled like second rate citizens and their equal rights were being taken away a little at a time. In Ancient India and Ancient China the father was always considered to be the head of the household and children were expected to be very obedient. The father had control over everyone in the family. Not only was the family dynamics in society very comparable between these two countries, but the classes with in the society were as well. In Ancient India as in Ancient China there were very distinctive classes amongst the people within the society.…
Dyana Postelle Many times the best way to understand civilizations is in reference to another civilization or civilizations in the same time period, or by comparing advancements in language, size, and trade, or by comparing city-state and territorial-state perameters. In this essay I will discuss the Indus Valley Civilizations, and more specifically Mohenjo-daro with regards to its similarities and differences to Mesopotamian, and Egyptian civilizations, and its status as a city-sate or territorial-state. Although the Indus Valley Civilizations were bigger than Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, they are the least known about.…