Compare and contrast the relationship of environmental factors to the rise and fall of complex civilizations?

Paper due 5 PM FRIDAY, Dec. 8.

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in no more than six (6) pages. Use appropriate course readings plus AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOLARLY SOURCES to build your argument. Discuss SPECIFIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXAMPLES in detail to support your arguments. Text must be 12 point, double spaced, with 1 inch margins (not including bibliography). Cite sources for all your important points, whether paraphrased or direct quotations. Indicate which question you are answering.

1) States developed independently in very different environmental settings. Environmental factors can both stimuli or constraints to the development and sustainability of ancient states.

Compare and contrast the relationship of environmental factors to the rise and fall of complex civilizations in at least two civilization areas. How do climate, geography, geology, plant and animal species, agricultural potential, resource abundance or scarcity affect the development of states in each region?