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