Primeval Civilization

Ancient Egypt

The people of ancient Egypt established along the Nile, they were divided into two types of land; the black land was the fertile land which was use for their crops thanks to a black slit which was deposited after the Nile flooded and the red land was the barren desert. They worked as field hands, farmers and craftsmen. Also the land provides the Egyptians with precious metals. They believed in many different gods and goddesses. Each one has a different role, some in creation, protection, land, etc in order to have harmony according to the Egyptians. They invented written their own scripts to record his information about religion and government. They lasted for over three thousand years.

Babylon

It was a civilization based on agriculture, from the 18^th century until 6^th century BC. Was lying between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where the ground was very fertile. An innovation from them was the astronomy; also they had The code of Hammurabi, which was the Babylonian law code (1772 BC), made by the sixth king Hammurabi, is one of the most representative characteristic about this civilization. It was destroyed in 1531 B.C. by the Hittites, but a century later Babylon re-establishes itself.

Ancient China

Was between the beginning of the second millennium B.C. and 221 B.C. The China civilization was ruled by a series of emperors from different dynasties, which were people from royal families. This civilization was well known because of their many inventions and advancements like a calendar, paper, printing, development of writing, the book was printed in 868 A.D Shih Haung Ti became the first emperor 221 B.C and began building the Great Wall of China. The “three teachings” in this civilization were Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. The main character of the Buddhism was Buddha, his name “Siddhattha Gautama”, was born around 565 B.C.

Ancient India

From about  2600 B.C. to 1700 B.C., one of the earliest civilizations. This civilization lived in a fertile land, because they were many rivers around. One of the main rivers was the Indus river, on the banks of this river buildings and cities flourished. This river provides irrigation and creates a fertile land for farming. They had an advance urban culture, making them the first urban centers in the region. Like the other civilizations, they developed a writing system, found on seals, small tablets, etc. The main religion in India was the Hinduism, with gods, goddesses and Hindu beliefs. Religion plays a central role in the life of the country.