In every of the four River Valley Civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. This essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the River Valley people’s government and view on geography. Religion dictated how the peoples of the River Valley Civilizations managed government and geography.
<span> Religious leaders played prominent roles in every River Valley Civilizations form of government. From ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to China’s historic empire and the Indus River Valley, all the River Valley Civilizations had significant religious figures. In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a God and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. The elusive emperors of China gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of China felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the Gods. Chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient China. Mesopotamian and Indus River Valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. Religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four River Valley Civilizations. </span>
<span> Religion had a major effect on how the people of the River Valley Civilizations treated and viewed the land and their geography. The Indus Valley Civilization believed that spirits embodied all things including trees, soil and the wind. Civilizations often gave sacrifices to the land and waters to ensure a bountiful harvest the coming fall. In Egypt, the people that lived of the Nile River would throw in presents and gifts as offerings to secure the annual flooding of the Nile. If great tragedy struck civilizations, such as drought, famine, of flood, the people would shout out to the Gods and repent for what they</span>
The bataan death march is considered a war crime, because the prisoners were mistreated, they were not treated as humans, etc
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to reach the East Indies more quickly
Most likely
Christopher Columbus wanted to find a new water route to Asia. He thought that he could sail west across the Atlantic Ocean, instead of around Africa. Spain agreed to fund his voyage because the new sea route would help Spain compete with Portugal.
BTW WEST INDIES IS UNDERNEATH ASIA (same thing)
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The colonists called it the French and Indian War, and it permanently shifted the global balance of power. By the mid-18th century, both the British and French wanted to extend their North American colonies into the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, known then as the Ohio Territory.
