WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -All the major ancient civilizations-in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus valley, and China-emerged in the 4th millennium bc. Historians still debate over which one emerged first. It may well have been in the Middle East, in an area called the Fertile Crescent.

Detailed explanation-2: -MESOPOTAMIA (3500 B.C. – 1700 B.C.) and 6, 000 years ago, the first river valley civilization developed in Mesopotamia, the region located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (in present-day Iraq).

Detailed explanation-3: -Early civilizations in India, Egypt, China and Mesopotamia had unique governments, economic systems, social structures, religions, technologies and agriculture. These civilizations grew because of good geographic features.

Detailed explanation-4: -1. Mesopotamia, 4000-3500 B.C. Meaning “between two rivers” in Greek, Mesopotamia (located in modern-day Iraq, Kuwait and Syria) is considered the birthplace of civilization.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.