... difficult to unify Mesopotamia. Therefore, the city-states of Mesopotamia were constantly at war. The geography of Egypt affected the people there much differently The Nile river valley was very fertile and much easier to farm than the river valleys in Mesopotamia. The Nile flooded very predictably, unlike the rivers of Mesopotamia. Each September the Nile flooded causing it to turn ... the land into a lagoon or marsh. By the end of November the water recedes leaving behind a thin covering of fertile mud. The Nile gave easy access to travel up and down the river, making communication ea...

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... these two great rivers lies a firtle valley. The ancient Greeks called this valley Mesoptamia wich means land between the rivers. this rich vally forms the eastern part of the fertile cresent. The fertile crescent is a strip of rich , well watered land that extends in a great arch from the cost of the Mediterranean sea to the persain golf. Many of the ideas of western ... ...

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... , were often pioneered by this advance culture. Most people don't even know much about the origin of the Sumerian culture. Sumer, like most early middle-eastern nations, was in the Fertile Crescent. These small waterways provided an excellent an irrigation and transportation system. Sumer was one of the first large civilizations that had a very developed textile industry. Wool sheared from goats and ... ...

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