The land of Mesopotamia was located just north of the Persian Gulf and nestled between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Its southern region having access to the Persian Gulf made it a heavily populated area in Mesopotamia. To the east across the Arabian Desert runs the Nile River. The Nile River runs from the Mediterranean Sea with some of the richest soil in its riv

As the Egyptians learned the prosperity of the Nile and built from it so did the ways of their civilization. Upper Egypt, now maintaining the largest population, was also the city of Thenis, which was now the capital. Egypt was becoming a united nation unlike Mesopotamia, which stayed disunited until its dissolution. The rich water and soil of the Nile had established advancements in its civilization in a short amount of time. With this growth and advancement also came destruction. Rulers had become power hungry and with a large slave population to work the land and build bigger and better cities, demise was inevitable. The focus had changed from building a civilization to owning it. Because Egypt was not surrounded by mountainous terrain but rather desert, it was susceptible to invasion from neighboring tribes. The Nubians from the south began to invade the prosperous land and ravaged villages and cities along the way. Egypt's soil was still rich and attractive to outside parties. During the darker days of Egypt one could not say they were a true Egyptian because so many new comers had inhabited the desert terrain. The slave population turned on its' Slave owners and settled their own cities along the Nile. Many Dynasties would follow throughout ancient Egypt but none would last for more than a few hundred years. Finally the Roman Empire eventually seize the Egyptian land but not before its civilization could create UN-measurable advancements in history.

The land surrounding Mesopotamia was not populated with mountainous terrain and therefore made it vulnerable to attack form-neighboring populations. It was not uncommon for warlords to overthrow existing rulers only to be overthrown themselves later on. There were few dynasties that lasted more than a few hundred years. Building cities became an essential part of fortifying people against attack and this idea spread quickly across the region. The city of Babylon was one of the best-fortified cities of that time. In fact the bible speaks about the walls of Babylon and it's great defenses. A city of this size required a great deal of water and sewage. The control of water would become difficult. Along with this new idea of city-states came government and order particularly in reference to the use maintenance of water flow through out the region. The Code of Hammurabi is a set of laws that was written around 18th century BC. The code made several references to the lawful use and maintenance of the waterways and more specifically landowners responsibilities and consequences for irrigation systems. Hammurabi's Code is on of

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