In this lesson, you explored the rise of several distinct civilizations in mesopotamia and egypt. How did geographic conditiona shape these civilizations? Write an essay in which you consider the benifits and the challenges of geography for the mesopotamian and Egyptian empires.

Mesopotamia was in the fertile crescent allowing for easy farming, egypt was on the nile river which would bring water and fertile soil to an otherwise arid desert

The Spanish intervention in the US War of Independence was the result of an alliance with France, and although both powers initially only sought to weaken Great Britain, the Spanish came to obtain territorial gains once the war ended. Spain retained Menorca and West Florida in the Treaty of Paris of 1783 and exchanged the Bahamas with Great Britain for East Florida. In addition, Spain settles its sovereignty over the coast of mosquitoes, Campeche and the San Andrés archipelago. The lands east of the Mississippi, however, were recognized as part of the newly independent United States of America.