The effects of infrastructure can be dire to the civilization staying afloat. In Mesopotamia they had a very good prosperous irrigation system created by the Sumerian People, with these Irrigation systems they “ tapped into rivers, built reservoirs, and dug canals, so they could irrigate fields of Barkley, wheat and peas”(Ziegler 26). With these irrigation systems came migrations of different people, such as the Semitic People as they became more prosperous they acquired a government and authority. They also created Ziggurats that they claimed were homes of gods and gave power to kings, which also helped to regulate trade. The Greeks also had a “City State” as well it was called the Polis. The Polis helped to “ Levee taxes on their hinterlands and appropriated a portion of the agriculture surplus to support the urban populations”(Ziegler 192). By doing so they created a prosperous city that helped the Greek society.
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The Nile River was an area that they created dikes and waterways to irrigate for crops. They created Pyramids, “ these enormous monuments stand today as Giza, near Cairo as testimony to the Pharaohs ability to marshal Egyptian resources (Ziegler 53). They also traded with Nubia ,although they had their differences, they were wary of Nubian Kingdoms that might threaten Upper Egypt, and desired products such as gold, ivory, ebony and precious stones”(Ziegler 53). However the Nubians wanted to keep on good terms with the Egyptians because of
The Nile River was an area that they created dikes and waterways to irrigate for crops. They created Pyramids, “ these enormous monuments stand today as Giza, near Cairo as testimony to the Pharaohs ability to marshal Egyptian resources (Ziegler 53). They also traded with Nubia ,although they had their differences, they were wary of Nubian Kingdoms that might threaten Upper Egypt, and desired products such as gold, ivory, ebony and precious stones”(Ziegler 53). However the Nubians wanted to keep on good terms with the Egyptians because of