WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Huang He (Yellow River) Valley is the birthplace of Chinese Civilization. The Yellow River is the second largest river in China and one of the longest river systems in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main river of northern China, the Huang He (or Hwang Ho) is the second longest river in the country, after the Yangtze. It rises on the Plateau of Tibet and flows generally eastward, emptying into the Yellow Sea. Chinese historians routinely refer to the Huang He as the cradle of Chinese civilization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two great rivers run through China Proper. Two great rivers run through China Proper: the Yellow River in the north, and the Yangtze (or Yangzi ) River to the south. In fact, most of China Proper belongs to the drainage-basins of these two rivers. Both originate to the far west in the Tibetan Plateau.

Detailed explanation-4: -Well-evidenced Yellow River civilization (with an ordered society and written records) first coalesced and developed in the middle and lower reaches of the river between 2, 000 BC and 1, 000 BC.