Introduction: For my Geography GCSE Controlled Assessment I will be testing my hypothesis. It is an area of AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and is approximately 1Km in length. If the East Head spit is not adequately managed then the rate of erosion will speed up, which means that the spit and salt marsh may be destroyed resulting in loss of habitat. What is the East Head Spit: The East Head is a sand and shingle spit created by the process of longshore drift. It creates many habitats for wildlife and has many breeding areas for birds, which are fenced off to give them protection.
The Ancient Egyptians thought of Egypt as being divided into two types of land, the “black land” and the “red land. “ The “black land” was the fertile land on the banks of the Nile, and was mainly used as a growing land for their crops because of their deposition of rich, black silt every year after the Nile flood. The “red land” consisted of a barren desert and acted as natural barrier to protect Egypt from invasions by neighboring countries. Despite being a desert, it was a source of precious metals and semi-precious stones. The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to record and communicate information about the religion and government.
The Nile River, in particular, was an aspect of agriculture whose impact on African societies would change the way we see it today. The ancient Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile River, where the soil was rich and the agricultural opportunities were plentiful. The Nile River cut through something of an arid landscape, so the people clustered along the riverbanks, where, in addition to farms, they constructed towns and cities. Though we often think of ancient Egypt in terms of massive construction projects, such as the pyramids, most Egyptians lived in smaller towns. Unlike the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Nile floods at a predictable time of the year and in relatively predictable stages.
The idea behind this was to impress all their guests by the architectures royalty. (Document 6). Trade and engineering was not the only environmental effect on Tropical Africa’s culture. The weather and climate had a great effect on society in Tropical Africa. They lacked hot and cold seasons of temperate lands so they had their own cycle of weather patterns caused by the wind.
The forest floor is littered with leaves and decaying vegetation. Decomposition by bacteria and molds is rapid, and nutrients are quickly recycled into new plant growth. This is due to the poor soil quality in tropical rain forests. Nutrient layers only exist in a thin topsoil that is replenished by dead plant and animal remains. However, there are rain forests that have rich soils; these are typically areas of volcanic activity where volcanic soils comprise a nutrient-rich base for forest growth.
So, what helped humans to evolve and flourish all over the world while chimps and bonobos stay relatively unchanged? Our ancestors were highly adaptable to the fast changes of the climate. They developed bipedalism, the most energy efficient way of movement that was crucial for survival; they invented complex tools, which gave them access to the more diversified food; and finally, big brain, which gave our ancestors possibility to live complex social life, which includes: language, tight social bonds, collective learning, etc. Analyzing animal’s fossils we can define what kind of environment and climate was in this or that territory at a particular period of time. If we find the bones of hippopotamus or zebra in the desert it is obvious that this territory was savanna with lakes and rivers before.
This sail was square in shape and mounted so that they were able to pivot, which made seamen able to tack against the wind. The latten sail later on became the inspiration for the triangular sail which was more efficient and faster. Malay also contributed many sail techniques that improved water trade and naval militaries. Arabia had numerous contributions to southernization. They began the cultivation of sugar.
Scientific thinkers of the time, Larmarck and Darwin have been credited for inspiring this notion of the environment impacting the biology and subsequent behavior of beings. For example in Lamarck's (1914 ed.) theory, he outlines how an organism’s shape and organization is caused by environmentally induced habits – ‘the giraffe actively stretched its neck reaching for the upper leaves of trees in semiarid regions’ (Peet, 1985, p.312). This is all very well and good, yet some would argue in a geographical sense that these ideas need to be developed away from how the environment affects the biology of individual organisms and more towards the notion of human society and whether the environment has any role in controlling its outcome. It was Fredrich Ratzel, who indeed looked at environment determinism in this way.
They also excelled in agriculture. Most societies looked to India for help in medical and mathematical situations. In the area of textiles and cotton supplying India was highly skilled. They have the oldest strand of cotton cultivation. By the second millennium B.C.E.
Temperate Grasslands Temperate grasslands are composed of a rich mix of grasses and forbs and underlain by some of the world’s most fertile soils. The soil of the temperate grasslands is deep and dark. The upper layers are the most fertile because of the buildup of many layers of dead branching stems and roots. This organic matter on the surface and in the dead roots provides a great degree of nourishment for the living plants, and the living plants on the surface are important for the animals. They need it for food and living.