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Beginning Of Civilization Research Paper

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The Beginning of Civilization

The beginnings of civilization were mostly found along rivers because these cities depended on the rivers for farming, hunting, and many other things, some examples of civilizations that started about 5,000 years ago, are the Indus river valley, Egypt which is located near the Nile River, China which is near the Yellow river, and Mesopotamia which is located in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. These early kingdoms/empires are proof of the beginning of civilization.

The ruins of the Indus River Valley were discovered in the 1920's. The Indus river valley is found in modern Iraq, this river starts near the Himalayan Mountains, and travels into the Arabian Sea. Especially two cities, Mohenjo-Daro, and Harappa, these two places show advanced city life. Houses had bathrooms and an advanced sewage system. The people in this civilization, used the Indus river to irrigate their crops, drink water, and wash. These people also divided eachother socially with a Caste System, at the very bottom were the outcasts then above them were commoners, peasants and servants, above them there were …show more content…

Found near the Zagros Mountains and in the Arabian Plateau, which is part of today’s Iraq, but also part of Iran, Syria and Turkey. The people form this early civilizaton used irrigation, which brought water to large parts of the land through a network of canals. The land was fertile, with irragation and an advanced sewage system, Mesopotamia became a place that could support a large population. They believed that the gods contolled everything that happened to their city. They used cuneiform to keep records, and archaeologist have translated some of their records helping us understand the way this early civilization

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