Geography plays a crucial role in molding the economic livelihoods, cultural practices and daily way of life. Availability of natural resources, topology, and climatic conditions in a region can greatly affect the way of life of people in an area. It is important to note that architecture and most importantly settlements in a region are greatly depended on geography. Many ancient cultures including but not limited to Egypt, China and Mesopotamia are a perfect examples of how physical geography influences culture, economy, and politics (Us History). This paper will discuss how physical geography has influenced development of civilizations in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Indian, Chinese, and South American cultures.
Ancient Egyptian way of life including …show more content…
On the north there were hills and plains with fertile land leading early inhabitants to farm and make timber (Us History). The southern part of Mesopotamia was marshy, barren plains and flat. People in this region had to irrigate the land as the only way of life and cities had to develop along rivers just like in Egypt. Despite living on this flat and Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamians felt that they were cursed because of the frequent flooding of their land by the two rivers. This is a clear show of how impact affected not only lives of Mesopotamians but also their belief system.
Early Indian civilization was greatly modeled by close proximity to three crucial physical feature namely rivers, mountains and peninsula of India. Indus valley influenced this ancient civilization to adopt agriculture because of fertile lands and domesticate animals. The mountainous nature made ancient Indian civilization use rivers for travel. India’s geographic diversity has made rulers uniting India very rare. The diverse geographical features made Indians adopt religion with many gods to explain various phenomena in their
Ancient Egyptian way of life including …show more content…
On the north there were hills and plains with fertile land leading early inhabitants to farm and make timber (Us History). The southern part of Mesopotamia was marshy, barren plains and flat. People in this region had to irrigate the land as the only way of life and cities had to develop along rivers just like in Egypt. Despite living on this flat and Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamians felt that they were cursed because of the frequent flooding of their land by the two rivers. This is a clear show of how impact affected not only lives of Mesopotamians but also their belief system.
Early Indian civilization was greatly modeled by close proximity to three crucial physical feature namely rivers, mountains and peninsula of India. Indus valley influenced this ancient civilization to adopt agriculture because of fertile lands and domesticate animals. The mountainous nature made ancient Indian civilization use rivers for travel. India’s geographic diversity has made rulers uniting India very rare. The diverse geographical features made Indians adopt religion with many gods to explain various phenomena in their