Information on ancient Asia and Africa

Common characteristics of ancient civilizations in Asia and Africa:

1.It is located in a large river basin.

Ancient Babylon. It is located in the basin of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, ancient Egypt.

Located in the Nile River Basin, ancient India is located in the Ganges River Basin, ancient China.

It is located in the Yellow River Basin.

2.A unified slave state was established.

In the period of primitive society, there was no real state, and the emergence of the state and the development of slavery were inseparable. With slavery, there was an ancient kingdom.

3.It is mainly an agricultural economy.

The ancient civilizations of Asia and Africa are all located in large river basins, with fertile soil, abundant natural resources and abundant water, which are suitable for the development of agricultural economy.

4.have created their own words.

Ancient Babylon created cuneiform writing, and ancient Egypt created hieroglyphs.

Ancient India created the seal script and Sanskrit script, ancient China.

and created Oracle.

And further development.

Table of Ancient Afro-Asian Civilizations.

Ancient country names. Location (large river basin).

Representatives of civilization. Ancient texts.

Ancient Egypt. Nile River Basin.

Pyramid - the tomb of the king, a symbol of power.

Khufu the Greatest, the symbol of ancient Egyptian civilization.

Hieroglyph. Ancient Babylon.

Two river basins (Euphrates, Tigris).

Code of Hammurabi – Preservation of slavery;

Three-part composition; the world's first codified code;

Cuneiform. Ancient India.

Indus River, Ganges River Basin.

Caste system – hierarchical, non-intermarriage.

Ancient India.

Indus River, Ganges River Basin.

Caste system – hierarchical, non-intermarriage.

The development of Asia and Africa originated from relatively large rivers, which are generally referred to as "great river civilizations".

It depends on the time, first the Sumerian city-state civilization, then Babylon, then Egypt, India, and China.

Agricultural civilization represented by China, ancient Babylon, and ancient Egypt.

Ancient Asian-African civilization, that is, the ancient Asian-African civilization in the Great River Basin.

Early human civilization was first born in the great river basins of Asia and Africa. From west to east, there have been ancient Greek and Roman civilizations on the northern shore of the Mediterranean, ancient Egyptian civilizations in the Nile River basin in North Africa, ancient Babylonian civilizations in the two river basins of West Asia, ancient Indian civilizations in the South Asian subcontinent, and Chinese civilizations in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins.

The kings of Egypt were simply pharaohs, and the pyramids made their tombs also one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Hammurabi, the sixth king of ancient Babylon, unified the two river valleys, established a powerful ** regime, and established the world's first relatively complete system. Withered sheds.

Afro-Asian Civilizations:

The ancient Afro-Asian civilization is also known as the Great River Civilization. The large river basins of ancient North Africa and Asia, with fertile fields for thousands of miles, convenient irrigation, and unique agricultural environment, have created good conditions for human survival. Ancient inhabitants have been working in these areas for a long time, living and multiplying, so the Great River Basin has become the birthplace of human civilization.

Ancient large river basins were characterized by agricultural civilization, and agriculture was the most important production sector in these regions, and it was also the economic basis for the formation and development of countries in these regions. Ancient Egypt, Babylon, ancient India, and China, which were ancient civilizations in Asia and Africa, were established and developed on the basis of an agricultural economy and showed their own civilization characteristics.