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Aug 16, 2022 · Civilizations developed from hunter-gatherers who first established semi-permanent and then permanent communities after settling into an agrarian lifestyle and began to produce surplus food.
- Joshua J. Mark
Mar 6, 2024 · Civilization describes a complex way of life that came about as people began to develop networks of urban settlements. The earliest civilizations developed between 4000 and 3000 B.C.E., when the rise of agriculture and trade allowed people to have surplus food and economic stability.
Civilizations tend to develop intricate cultures, including a state-based decision-making apparatus, a literature, professional art, architecture, organized religion and complex customs of education, coercion and control associated with maintaining the elite.
- Lesley Kennedy
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- 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.
- Ancient Egypt, 3100 B.C. The pyramids of Giza, c. 2600 B.C. They are the oldest of the so-called Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Perhaps the most romanticized of past civilizations, ancient Egypt stood as one of history’s most powerful empires for more than 3,000 years.
- Ancient India, 3300 B.C. In ancient India, where Hinduism was founded, religion held great importance, Harl says, along with great literary traditions and incredible architecture.
- Ancient China, 2000 B.C. A Xia-era miniature bronze bell, c. 2100 B.C. The ancient Chinese are credited with inventions including the abacus and the sundial.
Ancient civilization refers specifically to the first settled and stable communities that became the basis for later states, nations, and empires. The study of ancient civilization is concerned with the earliest segments of the much broader subject called ancient history.
Nov 10, 2020 · How Mesopotamia Became the Cradle of Civilization. Environmental factors helped agriculture, architecture and eventually a social order emerge for the first time in ancient Mesopotamia. By ...
How did this development, after farming probably the most significant development in world history, come about? The key to the emergence of civilization is the rise of two social institutions, the State and the City.
