Changing landscapes set the stage for Ancient Egypt and the first nation-states

3100 BC BC), what we know today as ancient Egypt, originated. A thousand years on both sides and other such “primary states” had also sprung up around the world, in Mesopotamia, northern China, the Indus Valley, and other places. Why did we stop living in smaller churches and come together in cities and “civilizations”?

Posted on 2021.02.13