CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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mountains
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deserts
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river valleys
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -These early civilizations began to form around the time of the Neolithic Revolution (12000 BCE). Rivers were attractive locations for the first civilizations because they provided a steady supply of drinking water and made the land fertile for growing crops.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Civilizations first appeared in Mesopotamia (what is now Iraq) and later in Egypt. Civilizations thrived in the Indus Valley by about 2500 B.C.E., in China by about 1500 B.C.E. and in Central America (what is now Mexico) by about 1200 B.C.E. Civilizations ultimately developed on every continent except Antarctica.