Natural Barriers: Himalaya Mountains
Government: Code of Hammurabi
Inventions: Cuneiform, Irrigation, Bronze
Rivers: Tiger & Euphrates
River: Nile
Government: Rulers changed in the Dynastic Cycle
Area: Mesopotamia
Natural Barriers: Deserts
Modern Day Eqypt
River: Huang He
Area: Indus Valley
Government: Pharaohs considered Gods
Modern Day China
River: Indus
Government: Strong centralized government
Area: Eqypt
Inventions: Hieroglyphics, Pyramids, Medicine
Modern Day India
Area: China
Inventions: Plumbing and Sewage System
Natural Barriers: Mountains and Isolated
Modren Day Iraq
Inventions: Silk, Coined Money, and Cast Iron
No Natural Barriers
