<P> Civilization first began in 3500 BCE , which along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East ; the name given to that civilization , Mesopotamia , means `` land between the rivers '' . The Nile valley in Egypt had been home to agricultural settlements as early as 5500 BCE , but the growth of Egypt as a civilization began around 3100 BCE . A third civilization grew up along the Indus River around 2600 BCE , in parts of what are now India and Pakistan . The fourth great river civilization emerged around 1700 BCE along the Yellow River in China , also known as the Huang - He River Civilization . </P>
<P> Civilization first began in 3500 BCE , which along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East ; the name given to that civilization , Mesopotamia , means `` land between the rivers '' . The Nile valley in Egypt had been home to agricultural settlements as early as 5500 BCE , but the growth of Egypt as a civilization began around 3100 BCE . A third civilization grew up along the Indus River around 2600 BCE , in parts of what are now India and Pakistan . The fourth great river civilization emerged around 1700 BCE along the Yellow River in China , also known as the Huang - He River Civilization . </P>
which civilizations developed in the fertile valley between the tigris and euphrates rivers
which civilizations developed in the fertile valley between the tigris and euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia