& ) point if you can me do ! 1. river-valley civilizations developed in sumer, egypt, china, and the indus river valley. after following the procedures in the planning a compare and contrast essay worksheet, write an essay comparing and contrasting these civilizations.

In all of the four River Valley Civilizations, religion was one of the biggest contributors to shaping all of the civilizations. Religious leaders played a big role in making sure the river valley civilizations were in tip-top shape. In China, people gained their governing rights by a mandate a heaven creating very long lines of dynasties until the peasants of china decided that the dynasty lost the respect of the gods. But, in the Indus River Valley, the priests were preferred as the first class who had many different portions of power. In Egypt their pharaoh was a god to them, and had so much power that he could kill a person and they would say nothing. Though in Sumer it was totally different, the kingdom was organized into city-states and the different kings ruled each city-state equally and fairly for their gods. They all had similar portions and it was all shared equally. They may all be similar in some ways, but when it comes to their religion many things are different.  

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.