Geography: Its Influence on the Development of Civilizations

Throughout time, geography has played a central role in the formation of human civilization; water, mountain ranges, and other geographical features have helped shape the cities and states that we see today in the modern world. Whether the Nile Valley is providing water for the people and farming throughout Egypt or how the central position of Rome greatly shaped the course of events Italy, each geographic factor immensely effected the progression of the civilizations. The growth of countries such as China, Egypt and Italy are examples of the influences that geography has had on the development of a civilization. ...