Environment elements influenced the manner of life and culture of early river valley civilization

of Mesopotamia, Egyptian Indus, and China's culture. It provides them with several advantages, but it
also presents them with numerous problems.

We all know that humans used to be nomads or had no fixed home, which is why they opted to
roam across the world in search of food, shelter, and other necessities. But they find Mesopotamia's
rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates. It influenced their way of life, rather than wandering the world in search
of their needs, they decided to stay in the river and build civilizations. It provided them with good land
and water for farming, allowing them to create their own food. Mesopotamians altered their
surroundings by irrigating the land in order to grow more and better crops. Mesopotamians faced
difficulties such as erratic flooding, defenselessness, and a scarcity of natural resources. That is why they
overcame these obstacles by creating a water irrigation system, constructing mud walls, and learning to
trade with other civilizations. Their culture is also influenced by the environment. Sumerians traded both
goods and ideas. Cultural diffusion is the process through which a new concept or product spreads from
one culture to another. I recall the Priest being the highest-ranking member of their culture. He is the
one who performs the ritual for a bountiful crop or when it is desired to rain. The Sumerians' arts,
religious system, social structure, and technology are all linked to their surroundings.

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia support civilization, whereas the Nile River in
Egypt helps a large number of people. This river offered fertile land and water for irrigation to ancient
Egypt, as well as a method of transporting materials for construction projects. Its life-giving rivers
allowed towns to spring up in the middle of the desert. The Nile River molded ancient Egyptian
civilization by supplying food and water, as well as religious beliefs and rites and a commerce route. The
Nile River provided ancient Egyptians with water to drink, fish to eat, and fertile land to cultivate crops
on. The Nile River shaped Egyptian civilization's culture and impacted it tremendously. The Nile's
inundation was long-lasting yet unreliable, leading to a belief in gods and social hierarchy. The ancient
Egyptians observed birth, death, and rebirth cycles as the Nile waters rose and fell. Because of its
centrality in Egyptian life, the Nile River was mentioned in their religion. The Nile River was thought by
Egyptians to be the river that led from life to death and ultimately into the afterlife.