HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC
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Question
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Nile River and Mediterranean Sea
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Wei and Huang He rivers
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Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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Tehuaćan river and Pacific Ocean
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Detailed explanation-1: -Two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, regularly flooded the region, and the Nile River also runs through part of it. Irrigation and agriculture developed here because of the fertile soil found near these rivers. Access to water helped with farming and trade routes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “Fertile Crescent, ‘’ a term coined by University of Chicago Egyptologist James Henry Breasted, refers to a crescent-shaped region in Western Asia. Formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Mediterranean Sea, this region gave rise to some of the world’s earliest civilizations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tigris and Euphrates begin in the mountains near the Black Sea. As they wind their way south towards the Persian Gulf, they deposit silt (fine sand and earth) onto the surrounding lands. This makes the soil in Mesopotamia very fertile.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is thought to be one of the places where early civilization developed. It is a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system. In fact, the word Mesopotamia means “between rivers” in Greek.
Detailed explanation-5: -Two major rivers in the region–the Tigris and Euphrates–provided a source of water that enabled wide-scale farming. Irrigation provided Mesopotamian civilization with the ability to stretch the river’s waters into farm lands.