Early Western Civilizations

As new civilizations began to form across the western world, each civilization realized how important urbanization, writing, political consent and specialization were. However the most important element to the survival of these new civilizations was geography. The geography and location of early civilizations, allowed them to expand and become highly advanced civilizations.
Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, became the first civilized territory in the world, between 3500 and 3200 B.C.E.. This era, that ensured the development of cities, was called the "Sumerian era". All accomplishments of the Sumerians were influenced by both climate and geography. The geography of this empire, forced the Sumerians to rely on trade and exchange of ideas. Because the Sumerians built their empire between two powerful rivers, their trading system was clearly very advanced. The Sumerians created an excelled irrigation system which in turn began the emergence of citi...