HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indus River, Cuneiform Script, Centralized Government
18 Oct 2017
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Hunters and gatherers, city dwellers, etc. can all coexist. Water disputes are one of the most important disputes, to this day. Niles and indes are the most predictable rivers. Reflection of politics, etc. is determined by how the rivers behaved. Very little effort required to put down the bucket into the water. Irrigation remains a local thing in egypt for the longest time. Egypt was the most stable for the longest time. Only jumps on an empire when they have to. Egypt has magnificent achievement but also, has a very long timeframe. Stability is something that other civilizations couldn"t maintain. Slavery was much more pronounced in these areas. Politically instable society due to the problems with irrigation. Back and forth process between flooded or drought-infested societies that are forced to start again. In mesopotamia, the sediment rivers were bringing were four times as high as the nile. Egypt also has malaria, but much less in number.
