Mesopotamia was the first place to form a government. They invented the Pythagorean Theorem. Mesopotamia is Greek for land with two rivers. They built long docks on the rivers so they could trade. Euphrates and Tigris were the two rivers. There were many floods which caused people to evacuate their homes. They believed gods decided how the crops would do on any given year. People settled here for their warm climate, their water, and their fertile soil. This area lacks trees, rainfall, stone, wood, and metal. The worlds first cities began around 4000-3500 B.C. in Mesopotamia. Babylon was their capital.
The Nile is 4,160 miles long. The area is Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. The Nile River was important for trade and it's resources and it was also a way of transportation. The people in the Nile River area were called Egyptians. Their religion was based on nature. The Egyptians believed in life after death.
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