What Role did Geographic Location and Natural Resources Play in the the Development of Malaysia?

What role did geographic location and natural resources play in the the development of Malaysia? 


     


     Geographic location plays from my point of view, the biggest role in human development. There is one main reasons why.Geographic location determines which natural resources will be available or not.


    Geographic location determined the natural resources of a tribe. For example Malaysia is located near to the equator and surrounded by several rivers. This was an immense advantage to their agriculture. For these reasons, first of all being near river, sea or water source meant food. They could use this water (mainly rivers) for irrigation purposes to grow plants. Which sustained the food supply. But also being close to the sea gave them fish, which was again very important since it kept the food supply stable. On the other hand, unlike in other parts of the world, Malaysia had very little animals hat came to good use. For example in North America, this problem did not occur because of their amount of grass, and conditions of whether. North America were very fortunate to have cattle,(for milk, hides and other purposes) Oxen (to carry burden and drag the plow) Goats (also for milk) But for the Malaysians the main animal they could domesticate for it's goods was the goat. Although this was a loss. It was just a quite small one compared to the advanced agriculture they could have.


    So from this evidence you can know see that geographic location was extremely important to the development of Malaysia. Compared to something like Papa New Guinea that is still today, living in the past were everything is done the same. From the Paleolithic times to today, a lot has changed and certainly developed, all thanks to those back then.