There are many major civilizations in the world today. The first four major civilizations all formed in river valleys. These civilizations are Egypt on the Nile River, China on the Huang He River, India on the Indus River, and Mesopotamia on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. River valleys were a necessity in Early civilizations. The Nile, a river that runs through Egypt played an important role in the creation of the civilization. The river was …showed first 75 words of 439 total…

…showed last 75 words of 439 total…made a government with government officials and a system of writing that helped keep records and scribes to write them. They needed a legal system and also needed a military. Architects were needed to build monuments and farmers to produce food. In conclusion the early civilizations had an advanced form of human culture, had some form of writing and were skilled in science and technology. They had a well-developed form of government and an economy.