Describe how geography played a part in the development of early civilizations.

Geography played a major role in the rise of civilization: development of settlements, growth of settlements protection and food and commerce.

Government should be divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

Explanation:

Montesquieu argued that the power of government should be divided into three branches in his book of political philosophy entitled The Spirit of the Laws (1742) . These were the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.