The Neolithic Revolution made government more important for three reasons; property ownership, public works, and a military. Property ownership caused people to argue over who owned certain land and without any laws put in place to distinguish people owned. As civilizations grew, there was a high demand for public works for the people, so the government created them. Before civilizations and forms of government, there were not any active and organized militaries leaving people to fight for themselves against others, so government created a military. The Neolithic Revolution made government necessary because of property ownership. Before people left nomadic ways no one owned land, so as people settled, there was no way to tell if they owned land and if they could inherit the land. That created much confusion and fights over land. As shown in the article, The Origins Of Civilizations The Rise Of Civilization In The Middle East And Africa, “property meant the need for new kinds of laws and enforcement mechanisms, which in turn implied more extensive government.” Other articles by Khan Academy shows that the creation …show more content…
After the revolution as humans began to settle down and leave their nomadic ways. Some people settled in the places that geographically are exposed more than others which made the land an easy target to attack, so to defend themselves the people needed defense. An example of this is Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia had no natural barriers which made it susceptible to being attacked, unlike Egypt, which had natural barriers on all sides. Therefore Mesopotamia needed a strong military compared to Egypt. The Mesopotamians would have had no defense to serve all the people in an organized and supported fashion, so the people needed a way to create an army. This lead to people creating a government for one of the many reasons, the need for a
We can see the people needed a strong central government which was given to them with the Constitution of the United States. The Articles of Confederation which was a good starter for the Constitution, but was deemed to be too weak to allow the American people to feel secure with their independence. The Constitution seemed to be a far more superior and detailed government allowing the people to gain there freedom and give America what we have today.
The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt began to develop circa 3,000 B.C. Located near rivers, the lands offered fertile soil and an excess of crops that drew in many people. As more people arrived, the small settlements flourished into large, thriving civilizations. Many aspects of Mesopotamia and Egypt, such as their cities, their strongly organized government, and their religion, greatly contributed to the success of these two civilizations.
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Before the beginning of history, people from across the land gradually developed numerous cultures, each unique in some ways while the same time having features in common. Mesopotamia and Egypt are important to the history of the world because of religious, social, political and economic development. Mesopotamia was the first civilization, which was around 3000 B.C., and all other countries evolved from it. Mesopotamia emerged from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The soil was rich and agriculture was plentiful. The Semitic nomads occupied the land around Akkad. The Sumerians established the city-states. Villages became urban centers. Because of the formation of the city-states everything flourished. However, Mesopotamian agriculture lacked stones; therefore mud brick became their major building block. Their diet consisted of fish from the rivers. The rivers were flooded frequently destroyed the cities. Mesopotamians made their living from crops and pottery.
One reason why I think Egypt was more unified, was the gift of the Nile. In my personal opinion people are products of their environment. The Nile, was one element that made living for a large population possible. The laid back atmosphere led the people to come together to create simple, but efficient ways of fertilizing the ground; furthermore, the fertile rich area allowed prosperity in crops and gave everyone piece of mind that they were not going to starve. (text, 73) On the other hand, Mesopotamia’s two rivers the Tigris and Euphrates, required people to create ways of irrigation to make the land more fertile for crops. (text, 59) The overall view of Mesopotamia’s greed arose from the possibility of loosing crops due to the floods. (text, 59) In other words, the land did not provide a great guara...
The ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt developed into successful civilizations. One civilization the Egyptians developed was in the Nile River valley. Based off the "Mesopotamia and Egypt DBQ" packet, "Ancient Egypt was an advanced civilization in many areas including religion, architecture, transportation, and trade. Ancient Mesopotamia was one of the first civilizations that developed a form of government as well as organized people in political states." Based on the documents, Egypt and Mesopotamia developed into successful and advanced civilizations by effectively using the resources that surrounded them to solve problems and live happily.
The system of government we have today was starting to developed centuries ago by the Athenians and Romans. Both governments were established with the intent to give power to the people, even though it did not always play out that way in society. The Athenian democracy and the Roman republic were two very different governments in practice, but also maintained similar characteristics in both systems of government.
The ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt are a factor of the evolution of civilizations in present-day. Though, it wouldn’t occur if both of these ancient civilizations didn’t develop into successful ones. There are three similar components that led Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia to become prosperous. These are the locations, their way of life, and their beliefs. All of these elements will be explored more thoroughly throughout this essay.
In early Egypt around 4000 B.C. rulers were not evident within the area. In this area there were small hamlets about 1 kilometer apart. Within these hamlets there were not any people who had power or wealth over others. By 3600 B.C., chiefdoms became dominant through a chieftain. These chiefdoms were usually located close to the river which allowed for more wealth through fertile lands and easier trade. A chieftain would gain an unforeseen advantage over the other people of the community through expertise in trade, high crop yields, or a victory in a small battle. This wealth would lead to power. Chieftains would create allies for their communities. (Hoffman, 1979) Leaders would use their knowledge to help the chiefdom become more productive and powerful. Having this advantage allowed leaders to have leverage, which would allow communities to acquire more wealth and power over neighboring communities. This allowed them to override other political and economic communities. Chiefdoms would eventually be absorbed by their larger neighbors, leading to a more culturally consolidated Egypt. (Scarre, 2008) This helped push for the unification of Upper and Lower Eg...
In the past, different civilizations have been ruled by different forms of government. The U.S. Democratic Republic, the Roman Republic, and the Athenian Democracy have similar and different functions of how they run their government.
The Mesopotamian geography affected their society because Mesopotamia was located on an open plain without protection from foreign intrusions. Egypt, on the other hand, was centered on the Nile River ad protected by natural boundaries. This allowed Egypt?s kingdom for prosper and last for thousands of years. Mesopotamia was not considered a nation or country, it was considered a region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that established a number of highly organized city-states. Since each city-state was independent there was no capital of Mesopotamia.
The first government or régime to have absolute control over a whole nation was developed by the Ancient Egyptian civilization. It was the first ever government that was established in the history of the world. Ancient Egypt was ruled by a Pharaoh, a name given to the ruler of Ancient Egypt regardless of the gender, and ruled the Upper and Lower Egypt in both politics and religion. This resulted in the Pharaoh e...
When humans first evolved, they evolved into a society that did not yet have a government. At first they lived without any rules or laws. This type of society is known as Anarchy. When people began farming and settling down in one place it quickly became difficult to live is a society without any authority. Therefore new types of governments emerged. The initial government was a Royal Theocracy, in which the society is controlled by religion. The highest ranked priests in such a society were able to talk to the gods and hear their demands in order to assure a good harvest. Because people are generally greedy by nature, man soon wanted more. Only talking to the gods was no longer good enough, the rulers wanted to be the gods. These kings were known as God Kings. These sorts of governments came right in the beginning of human civilization and shortly after each others, and therefore have a lot of similarities but also distinctive differences.
There were major shifts in human development over different times of human existence, two of
A government was required to lead the people and aid in organizing a city. City governments were far more powerful than the council of elders and local chiefs of farming villages. At first, Priest probably had the greatest. In time, warrior kings came to power as chief political leaders. They soon set themselves up as the chief hereditary ruler and passed their power from father to son. Governments soon became more complex as rulers issued laws, collected taxes, and organizes systems of defense. To enforce order, rulers relied on royal officials. Over time, government bureaucracies evolved. Almost always rulers claimed their power came from god or divine right. These rulers then gained religious power as well.