Humanity found its roots in the fertile land area of ​​Southwest Asia known as Mesopotamia. From this thin piece of land, empires arose that maintained control for thousands of years. These civilizations managed to slowly develop into complex and highly efficient societies. Only by creating well-thought-out, organized, and maintained governments could these cities thrive. Over time, every ruler of every empire left a lasting effect on the development of humanity, from Assyria to Egypt to Persia. As in any newly formed society, the sovereign in power decides the organization of his government, since it is the foundation of every civilization. . Assyria, Egypt, and Persia all chose to form absolute monarchies. This meant that everyone under the control of these empires answered to the king or ruler. These rulers also chose to establish bureaucracies that managed and answered to all of the kingdom's citizens. The choice to have a monarchy meant that other people within the kingdoms had little or no opportunity to become rulers or to be involved in government. ...