50.02 The map shows North America.
What is the purpose of this map?
North America
Arctic Ocean
O to show the physical features of the continent
O to show the location of the resources on the continent
O to show boundaries between the countries on the
continent
O to show how civilizations spread throughout the
continent
Mountains
Plateaus
Plains and
Forests
NORTH
AMERICA
Hudson
Bay
Rocky
Mountains
Mosippi River
Appalachian
Rio Grande Fiver
Mountains
Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific
Mexico
Ocean
Caribbean Sea
N
Gulf of
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To show the physical features of the continent

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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