Their ability to grow cash crops, such as cotton, indigo, and tobacco, as being farther south, was warm enough to do so. This allowed them to sell these crops for a high profit , positively impacting the economy, as they were in high demand worldwide.
Answer
The answer is ziggurat.
A ziggurat is a Mesopotamian temple and were generally very large, showing off genuine Mesopotamian architecture.
A mud-brick house isn't exactly monumental, a stela is a slab of stone, and a seed plow is a farming tool.
Kind of sounds like you're talking about lobbyists? They basically influence government figures through favors, usually endorsements and cash. They influence decisions and what the US does abroad. A big reason why we support Saudi Arabia so much, because we do business with them.
War
War times make people very patriotic or nationalistic.
Well, both countries contained ancient civilizations, Egypt being the Egyptians and Nile River Valley, and India being the Indus River Valley civilization. Also, the people of both regions had specific religious beliefs like in Egypt, they believed in, well, Egyptian gods and goddess and in India, at the time it might have been anywhere from indigenous beliefs, to Islam, to Hinduism. Both regions made important technology civilizations that impact us even today. Both regions were a culture hearth and at their peak, they thrived and prospered immensely.
