Lots of points, and picking brainliest.-
1) why did civilizations begin in river valleys?

2) what are the characteristics of a civilization? explain how mesopotamia and egypt met these criteria.

3) how can the physical geography of ancient egypt and mesopotamia be described?

4) how do the religious beliefs and world views in mesopotamia and egypt reflect the relationships between the environment and the people of these civilizations?

5) why was it necessary to develop writing before these civilizations could advance?

6) what does the law code of hammurabi tell us about babylonian social structure?

7) how does reputation affect the people and rulers of both mesopotamia and egypt?

8) why does herodotus refer to egypt as "the gift of the nile"?

9) why were egypt’s pharaoh’s unusually powerful rulers?