Geography has a profound effect on where civilizations settle. The earliest civilizations resided within river valleys, and used the area around them to create opportunities to benefit their growth. Mountains, rivers, and plateaus provided natural defenses, at the cost of movement and trade.
The southern factories were built to serve the interest of farmers because these industries were agricultural based which implies that there would be more benefit in having related industries in the region. This would help in cutting costs such as transport which meant higher benefits for farmers.
The concept of the city-state was an important innovation and development (and invention) of Art because these cities, such as Uruk or Lagash, are some of the earliest known complex urban centers, and the settlement of people in them made necessary the construction of walls, temples, and burial sites that today are recognized as archeological vestiges of exceptional significance.
Furthermore, since the people that had settled in them had at their disposal food resources and an administrative class that took care of their needs and secured their welfare, artistic and craft production flourished in them.
<span>B) the Mandate of Heaven.</span>