In chapter 2, Strayer talks about the emerging of new civilizations and how they formed their own cities and states. I really liked how Strayer included "A map of time" on page 61 that shows what happened during the years of B.C.E. I enjoyed reading about how important Mesopotamia was to the evolution of people and the urban life. I wasn't surprised when I was reading about how men are held in higher regards to women because I've read about it before and it was how the country was ran for thousands of years. I thought that it was really cool that some of the first civilizations created their own states around large territories. I really liked the "snapshot" on page 78 because it was interesting to see how they used drawings to communicate with each other. Even though all of these countries had the same features, they were not ran the same. For example, the environment in Egypt allowed for the people to grow more crops because the water from the Nile River would rise every year and give them the water they needed to make food. However in Mesopotamia, the environment was unpredictable so the planting of goods was never constant. In all, I really liked reading this chapter and learning about the first civilizations and how they differed from country to country.

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