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Why did the earliest civilizations arise in river valleys?

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Why did the earliest civilizations arise in river valleys? Plant domestication set the scene for the emergence of civilization, and if there is one thing plants cannot live without, it is water. Most people in early food producing societies lived in villages near rivers. Mesopotamia, the first civilization, was formed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. There, not much rain fell, so they used water from the rivers to cultivate the crops. Its warm climate called for good soil, and the Nile regularly deposited silt.
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Pre-History Time before written records Artifacts ? Remains of a Manmade object Culture ? Way of life. Paleolithic (old stone) Age ? 2.5 million-10,000BC Oldest stone tools, evidence of the 1st people, used fire. Neandertals ? 100,000-30,000 BC Buried their dead with objects, suggest belief in an afterlife. Neolithic (new stone) Age ? 8,000-4,000 BC Systematic agriculture Probably by women, raised animals, grew crops This would facilitate the development of all civilization. Characteristics of Civilization 1. Cities ? Internal production, trade 2. Government ? Organized means of order 3. Religion ? Structured system of belief: nature, existence, right to rule. 4. Social Structure ? Division of labor-trade Class orders-upper, lower, slaves
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