Why did human civilization first appear in the two river basins?

The land near the water is fertile and easy to grow crops.

Where there is a river, there is water to drink...

Because water is the source of life

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The civilization of the two river basins is also known as the Mesopotamian civilization.

The earliest creators of the civilization of the Two Rivers Valley were the Sumerians from the eastern mountains around 4,000 BC.

There are the world's earliest writing, schools, epics, libraries, legal codes, mathematics, astronomy, architecture, etc. Mesopotamia, broadly speaking, refers to the middle and lower reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, reaching the Zagros Mountains in the east, the Syrian desert in the west, the Persian Gulf in the south, and the Taurus Mountains in the north.

Cuneiform

Sumerian is an isolated language that is not close to any other known language. Attempts to link Sumerian with other, especially Ural-Altaic languages, have been unsuccessful. Sumerian is an adhesive language, that is, its words are made up of segments that stick together.

The Sumerians invented a hieroglyphic script, which later developed into cuneiform. This is one of the oldest known human writings. More than 100,000 Sumerian texts have been excavated today, most of them inscribed on clay tablets.

These include personal and business letters, money transfers, recipes, encyclopedic lists, laws, hymns, prayers, magic spells, scientific articles including math, astronomy, and medicine. Many large buildings, such as large sculptures, are also engraved with words.

Many texts have been preserved in multiple editions because they are often copied (e.g. as writing exercises). Copying was the only way for people at that time to disseminate articles. After the Semitic people became the rulers of Mesopotamia, Sumerian remained the language of religion and law.

Because the great river basins are able to provide humanity with:

1. Suitable climate, most of the large river basins are in the temperate zone and temperate tropics with suitable climate, and the climate of the large river basin is humid, the light and heat are sufficient, and the terrain is flat, which is suitable for human survival.

2. The vicinity of the large river basin can provide abundant water sources for early humans to meet their water needs.

3. The melting of snow in the mountains in the upper reaches of the river leads to the regular flooding of the river, which provides abundant water sources and fertile soil, which are conducive to the development of agricultural production.

The birthplace of early human civilization is mainly agricultural civilization, and close to the large river basin can be slipped to irrigate farmland more conveniently, the large river basin of Xinhui water resources and other resources are relatively rich, the large river basin can also provide a more comfortable living environment for early human beings, so the ancient civilization of early human beings appeared in the large river basin.

Human settlements are generally more in river basins, and large civilizations can be formed.

Because, first, rivers can bring abundant and simple water resources, which is beneficial for agricultural irrigation and human survival.

Second, river basins, especially in the middle and lower reaches, produce large alluvial plains, where the terrain is flat and broad, and the rivers bring sediment from the upper reaches of the river, bringing a large amount of fertile soil, which is more conducive to the development of agriculture.

Third, near the general river, the climate is relatively warm and moist, and the environment is good, which is conducive to the reproduction of human beings.

Therefore, this area became the earliest settlement area of human beings.

With the development of human beings, when the level of production hail power has increased, countries are formed, cities are rising, and the economy is intensified.

At this time, the river area can also provide convenient factors such as transportation and defense, which makes the large river basin a place where people have been living and developing.

This is how ancient civilizations emerged and developed in the great river basins.

1) A suitable temperate or thermal climate, (2) abundant water sources, and (3) fertile land are all favorable conditions for the emergence of the material basis for the birth of human civilization.

History has proved that the major civilizations of the human pretense and closure all originated in the great river basins, and the fundamental reason for this is one word - "water".

In ancient times, water was indispensable for agricultural irrigation, and the birthplace of the ancient hall Ming Crack civilization was dominated by agricultural civilization.