Early Civilizations

753 ce 509 ce

Climate: warm summers mild winters.

Landscape: dominated the last downstream, high-banked river crossing.

1500 ce 550 ce

Climate: hot and wet.

Landscape: large mountains and to the south by the Indian Ocean.

250 ce 900 ce

Climate: classified as a rainforest.

Landscape: dominated by the humid subtropical forest that covers most of the Maya lowlands.

1325 ce 1521 ce

Climate: hot and dry weather.

Landscape: wedged between high mountains and surrounded by lakes.

3100 ce 332 ce

Climate: hot, dry desert rainfall.

Landscape: the Delta, the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, and the Nile Valley.

1200 ce 323 ce

Climate: balmy summer and wet cold,winters.

Landscape: mainly mountainous landscape, with the Pindus Mountains and Mount Olympus, surrounded by water on three sides by the Ionian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea.

539 ce 100 ce

Climate: extreme heat of the summer.

Landscape: Mesopotamia is a desert area locked between two rivers, with mountains to the north and marshes to the south.

700 ce 400 ce

Climate: Summers are warm, with some thunderstorms, and winters are cold.

Landscape: France, The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and the west and mountainous.

1438 ce 1533 ce

Climate: summers are short, warm, humid, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are long, cold, windy, and partly cloudy.

Landscape: The landscape featured large open valleys, deep canyons, high plateaus, coastal valleys, and deserts, giving road builders many challenges.

800 ce 1050 ce

Climate: harsh, cold environment.

Landscape: The Vikings homeland was rocky and infertile.

6000 ce 1750 ce

Climate: hot summers harsh winters.

Landscpe: many seas and mountains to deserts and tundra.