<P> The first great civilizations all grew up in river valleys , The oldest known civilization , 3300 to 2500 BCE , was 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> The first great civilizations all grew up in river valleys , The oldest known civilization , 3300 to 2500 BCE , was 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>
when did the human settlements came about in the nile valley
when did the human settlements came about in the nile valley
as early as 5500 BCE
as early as 5500 BCE