How Geography Created Or Failed Empires In The Bronze Age

Geography plays a pivotal role in the development of civilizations. From the location to trading, to agriculture, etc, each part of where an empire lies creates the foundation for major cities and lives. This essay will explain how geography created or failed empires from the Bronze Age, to the Medieval Period.

BRONZE AGE: In the Bronze Age, geography immensely aided the development of civilization. The Fertile Crescent area proposed an ideal habitable environment. Located in proximity to the Euphrates and Tigris the Fertile Crescent had nutrient-rich soil that made it easy to farm crops. Moreover, the rich and fertile land made living in this region well-suited to settlers' agricultural lifestyle, despite it being a desert biome in modernity. The Eastern Mediterranean also proposed rich minerals and resources like copper and tin to create bronze which was a key resource in the development of ancient tools. Additionally, their proximity to the Dead Sea made collecting salt easy as it is one of the most saline bodies of water on the planet. Salt was a vital resource to people living in this region. The climate in this region was always fluctuating and temperatures changed often thus, the

After all, they had superior naval strength because their geography lent them more to breach out that way. Xerxes and his army, located on the Aegean Sea wanted to control and rule more, so with a massive army and navy from the Persian Empire, they set out to defeat the Greeks, with great confidence. Ultimately, this did not work out in their favor, as the Greeks had the advantage of geographical location as their tool to defeat the Persians. Despite the size of the Persians, the Greeks overtook them because they knew their land. The Greeks were able to use their knowledge of the geography of their land to win this battle. This demonstrates just how important it is for geography to play a role in developing a good