There are many factors that make a civilization great. Some of the factors that make a civilization successful do not only include an efficient government, but a flourished environment. It must contain a great source of food. Which is very crucial to the sustaining of a civilization being a necessity. A good geographical area is key. A good area would include availability to water, which in turn would help with the growing of crops. When water is available a source of food should be constant. Water is a necessity when it comes to growing crops or any plants. Plants use most of the water they get form the soil for transpiration, but a portion of the water taken in is used during photosynthesis for producing the sugar and glucose necessary for plant to grow. A prime example of this would be in Sumer where the people would use a process know as irrigation to water their crops.
They would dig ditches from a river to their crops to make sure they got water to grow. Another important key to a successful civilization is government, ability to keep a social order and balance; division of labor and communication. The government is there for the people, to protect them. Division of labor, because when there are multiply doing different jobs a project getting completed more efficiently, opposed to multitude of people on one job. A good example of this would be Sumer in Mesopotamia. Not only did the Sumerians, have a complete understanding of trading they had some-what of a social structure by 2500 B.C. By 5000 B.C. the Sumerians were in the process of developing a writing system witch had evolved into pictograms and kept records by means of scribes.
The Term Paper on The Inca Civilization Incas People Empire
The Inca Empire was the largest and most advanced empire of its time. It was located in Peru and lasted from 1200 AD to 1535 AD. The word Inca means "ruler" in the Quechua language (this is the language that was used throughout the entire empire). The word is now used to describe all of the people who were ruled by this civilization. The history of these fascinating people is hard to find because ...
Sumer reached its height in civilization in its third millennium. But like most things good, it began to decline. Water that was used to water the crops was poisoned through a process known as salinization. Crops didn’t grow as well and as often. Without water and a steady source of food, within 500 years to the food production dropped to an all time low. Nonetheless the legacy left by the Sumerians created, the default idea of civilization they left, would be used in the years to come.
