HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC
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Oaxaca
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Banpo
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Faiyum
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Çatalhöyük
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Huang He (Yellow River) Valley is the birthplace of Chinese Civilization.
Detailed explanation-2: -hinese civilization arose along the Huang (hwong) River, also called the Yellow River.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Gunpowder, the compass, paper making, and printing-all of these inventions were the result of the Yellow River civilization.
Detailed explanation-5: -The first great civilizations, such as those in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, all grew up in river valleys. Mesopotamian civilization flourished near the Tigris River and the civilization of Egypt flourished near the river Nile.
Detailed explanation-6: -Chinese civilization grew up in the river valleys of the Huang River (a.k.a. the Yellow River) and the Yangzi River.