Civilization Paper

Civilization is a term used in many different ways. It can

be defined as; people who eat the same kind of foods,

People who live together, people who speak the same

language, and so on. Yet each way that it is defined relates

towards the same topic; Humans and their existence on the

planet. Civilization is known greatly as a group of humans or

animals that live generally together and practice the same

habits.

Civilization, according to some historians, first came into

play in the year 3000 BCE. These historians look at

civilization as people who have the same dietary needs and

habits, who practice these habits regularly in order to

survive. A couple of years before 3000 BCE, the world

went through what historians call the Agricultural revolution.

They feel that because of this revolution, groups of people

started to come together to practice their farming ways.

Because of all the new food supplies that came about

through the agricultural revolution, the population started to

grow into little villages, which eventually turned into city

states. This caused people to look further beyond their little

villages in search of more land to hold their growing

populations. This caused groups of people to break off and

form their own little towns or civilizations. After a while the

people learned that by being in different places their farming

encountered different weather and growing conditions.

Forcing them to grow products that will grow more

sufficiently in their new conditions. This adaptation formed

new ways of living causing the people to become different

then the people back where they came from. These changes

have led to more numbers of civilizations.

With of all the new little civilizations popping up, and all

the different conditions, and not everyone being able to grow

what they need to survive. The people had to resort to trade.

Trade helps civilizations grow to be more populated and

stronger. Trade also encourages travel, which eventually

leads to exploration. And by people exploring they find

either more civilizations to trade with, or more land to

expand onto.

The Mesopotamians are one of the first major civilizations

to come into existence. They were able to do this because of

the agricultural revolution. The Mesopotamian region was

like a "big dust bowl" and much of the time was very hot.

Yet there was also times when there was too much water,

and the rain flooded all of the peoples crops, and turned the

water into swamp like conditions which were unsafe to

drink. In order to fix this and make their civilization strive

and survive, the people had to make canals, dams and

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