CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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river banks
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city
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mountain
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first civilizations formed on the banks of rivers. The most notable examples are the Ancient Egyptians, who were based on the Nile, the Mesopotamians in the Fertile Crescent on the Tigris/Euphrates rivers, the Ancient Chinese on the Yellow River, and the Ancient India on the Indus.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus valley civilization that flourished on the banks of river Indus, was one of the prominent ones.
Detailed explanation-3: -5000 years ago the first civilizations appeared along the banks of large rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq); the River Nile in Egypt; the Indus River in India; and the Yellow and Blue rivers in China. That is why they are called river civilizations.