This essay analyzes how the geography in India and Egypt are relative to their development.

Webster's dictionary defines geography as "a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface". In history, geography plays an essential factor in development and changing the course of history. India is a land of lofty mountains and mighty rivers. Extensive are its plains and no less wide are its plateaus. A vast land with such varied relief is inhabited by about 950 million …

…was settled before the Harappans of the Indus Valley, and they were replaced by other still anonymous peoples. These early civilizations used the Indus as a means of survival. They used its water to drink , bathe, and water crops. If this geographic feature didn't exist some of the world's important civilizations would not have been able to live. Because of its nourishment to the bodies and fertility to the land people were able to domesticate.