How did a geographic feature affect a region/civilization? {Please see details !?

[StrawbeeGurl]

For example how the Nile helped Egypt, but i already used that,so maybe how a certain mountain helped out a certain region. Can you please say how geography affect a civilization? Please and thank you.
i also talked about Tigris etc. :[

 

[Yuj]

Japan. Because it is completely surrounded by water, life is strongly affected. For example, fish is a focal point for food there. Also, war is heavily influenced in Japan. Planes and ships are required to reach targets in Japan. In addition to the water, it is very mountainous. This increases the hardships in farming. Japan is heavily reliant on rice crops; instead of giving that up, they use a method called terrace farming.

The Rocky Mountains hindered travel to the west in the United States for years. However, today it is well-settled.

The Thames and the Euphrates river basically created the Mesopotamian civilizations.

Look at the earth today, it's filled with influencing geographic features!

Hope this helps!

 

[Yuj]

Japan. Because it is completely surrounded by water, life is strongly affected. For example, fish is a focal point for food there. Also, war is heavily influenced in Japan. Planes and ships are required to reach targets in Japan. In addition to the water, it is very mountainous. This increases the hardships in farming. Japan is heavily reliant on rice crops; instead of giving that up, they use a method called terrace farming.

The Rocky Mountains hindered travel to the west in the United States for years. However, today it is well-settled.

The Thames and the Euphrates river basically created the Mesopotamian civilizations.

Look at the earth today, it's filled with influencing geographic features!

Hope this helps!

 

[Don M]

Get a copy of Jared Diamond's book, Guns, Germs and Steel. It's a good explanation.

 

[shoey378]

Mesopotamia is Eden. Eden is situated between the Tigris and Euphrates. They used their agricultural skill in conjunction with irrigation systems to create a B.C. dominating force. It's the same deal with Nile and how it flooded each year leaving deposits of rich soil to fuel crop growth. Also the rivers created great economic ports and such.