<P> Civilization first began in 3500 BC , 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 BC , but the growth of Egypt as a civilization began around 3100 BC . A third civilization grew up along the Indus River around 2600 BC , in parts of what are now India and Pakistan . The fourth great river civilization emerged around 1700 BC along the Yellow River in China , also known as the Huang - He River Civilization . </P>
<P> Civilization first began in 3500 BC , 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 BC , but the growth of Egypt as a civilization began around 3100 BC . A third civilization grew up along the Indus River around 2600 BC , in parts of what are now India and Pakistan . The fourth great river civilization emerged around 1700 BC along the Yellow River in China , also known as the Huang - He River Civilization . </P>
the first civilization in asia formed along the and river valleys around bc
the first civilization in asia formed along the and river valleys around bc
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia