Cradle of civilization
A cradle of civilization is a location where civilization is understood to have emerged, such as the Fertile Crescent (Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia), Ancient India, proto-Germania and Ancient China understood to be the earliest. The extent to which there was significant influence between the early civilizations of the Near East and those of East Asia (Far East) is disputed. Scholars accept that the civilizations of Mesoamerica, mainly in modern Mexico, and Norte Chico, in the north-central coastal region of Peru, emerged independently from those in Eurasia.
History
In the history of the world, the cradle of civilization is a title claimed by several regions. It refers to the original location of the development of writing, complex social systems, and cities. In fact, it is likely that there was more than one independent origin of civilization rather than a single "cradle" (Out of Africa theory). Specifically, the civilizations in the Americas are typically understood to have emerged independently from those in Eurasia. Debate is also complicated by the difficulty of clearly defining when a culture becomes a "civilization". The extent to which there was significant influence of early civilizations in the Fertile Crescent and East Asia on each other is debated. There are five rivers that scholars cite as being possible locations for the 'Cradle of Civilization.' They are: the Tigris-Euphrates in modern day Iraq, the Nile in Africa, the Indus in South Asia, and the Huang-He-Yangtze in China.
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