Timeline of Ancient Civilizations

Description

The term Civilization basically means the level of development at which people live together peacefully in communities. Ancient civilization refers specifically to the first settled and stable communities that became the basis for later states, nations, and empires. The study of ancient civilization is concerned with the earliest segments of the much broader subject called ancient history. The span of ancient history began with the invention of writing about 3100 BC and lasted for more than 35 centuries. Humankind existed long before the written word, but writing made the keeping of a historical record possible. The first ancient societies arose in Mesopotamia and Egypt in the Middle East, in the Indus valley region of what are now Pakistan and India, in the Huang He (Yellow River) valley of China, on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea, and in Central America. This book “Timeline of Ancient Civilizations” furnishes with the most facility to all classes of readers and researchers, the needed information on ancient civilization. It is written in a lucid manner which is easy-to-understand.