In what ways did the geography of India influence the development of civilizations?

The flooding of the Indus River Valley created fertile areas where farmers could settle. The Himalayas protected early civilizations from most invaders.

john smith was the first englishman to sail around the world. francis bacon served as attorney general and lord chancellor of england. he took up aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry.