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    Civilization is defined as large societies with cities, and is commonly referred to as the most advanced stage of human social development. The earliest civilizations encompassed stratified social hierarchies, larger populations, differences in economic standpoints, and complex institutions. Several of the earliest civilizations formed alongside major river systems between 25oN and 40oN latitude, including the Sumer, Egypt, Indus, and Chinese river civilizations. One of the exceptions to this pattern

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    Around 5,000 years ago, the worlds' most reputable ancient river society had appeared. The world has acquired many questions and still left without answers on how these civilizations been formed. Mesopotamia and Egypt were the first recorded ancient river society that created ways of living. There were enormous roles with developing the ancient cities. Although, evidence of the early Sumerian link with the Egyptians. Egypt's civilization was, for the most part, self-produced while its history and

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    The Indus River Valley is the best civilization out of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and of course the Indus River Valley. I think this and believe this for many reasons. One reason is that the Indus River Valley created a sewer system. Also, they build a big grain bin that held all of their grain. There are some other things that the Indus River Valley created. The Indus River Valley created a sewer system. They were the first civilization to have a system like this. This helped keep their city a

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    Did you know that societies started to form in prehistoric times? This means that there were groups of people banded together before there was even a language! Some of the most known, successful civilizations would include Rome, Greece, China, and Mesopotamia. For a society to become a civilization there are certain requirements that have to be meet. Also before a civilization can become advanced many goals also have to be met. For a society to become a civilization requirements have to be

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    The First Civilization Most historians consider Sumerians the first civilization because the Sumerians had a stable food supply, a social structure, a system of government, a religious system, a religious system, a highly developed way of life, some type of technology, and a highly developed written language. To keep up a stable food supply the Sumerians invented two things that could help them. One of those two things was that the Sumerians built network of canals, dams, and reservoirs to allow

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    Civilizations have been around since our ancestors established the first urban city in Mesopotamia during the fourth millennium. A civilization is defined as an advanced society with structured social classes, a sophisticated government, and a dominant religion or ideology. Mesopotamia is a perfect example of a powerful, well-organized civilization because it not only fits the criteria to be considered a civilizations but it is one of the most advanced civilizations of its era. As a part of their

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    The geographical location was an important factor in many of the ancient civilizations. Where the people settled determined whether they would have success at surviving. Both Mesopotamia and Egypt were ancient civilizations founded in roughly the same longitude and latitude area of the world. Hot dry areas full of dessert. What drew early civilizations to settle on these locations was the same for both places, land near water that was good for planting. What is different about each location is

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    Egypt and Mesopotamia have many similar or different places in their geography, economy, cultural and political society. These two civilization brought a lot of brilliant innovations to the later generations. Egypt and Mesopotamia were developed in the two various geographical places. Mesopotamia was located in the middle east. It was set alone the banks of Tigris and Euphrates rivers. According to development of the irrigation, people required group effort. So Sumerians established the first cities

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    Today’s society emerged from the civilization of many thousand years ago. Most of the practices devised a long time ago are still in use today. China, for instance, is of the oldest civilization in the world. Emperors ruled the dynasties. Similarly, Egypt was ruled by Pharaoh. During the ancient time, China and Egypt had almost similar technological advancements. Ancient Egyptian technology has lasted a thousand years since its inventions. Ancient Egyptians invented simple machines, for example,

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    The early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were two of the first civilizations in the world. There were many similarities and differences in their geography, political structures, and culture, but the religions were what caught my interest. Both the Mesopotamians and the Egyptians were polytheistic, meaning they worshipped multiple gods. Religion and politics were closely intertwined in a government called a theocracy, as the leader or leaders were thought to have been appointed by the gods

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