The earliest civilization arose in 2500 B.C.E. in a place called Sumer of what is now present-day Iraq. It grew into a powerful and prosperous region in Mesopotamia containing 500,000 people. As yo

u can observe on the map, Mesopotamia was where the Fertile Crescent was located and it lied between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. People had first domesticated animals and plants in that region. Jericho was the area of a subsequent civilization because it nears the edge of the Fertile Crescent by the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, it was the oldest known agricultural site in 8500 B.C.E. Jericho was 10 acres long and had built around it 10 ft. walls that were 30ft high.

networks of trade, and food surpluses created through extensive systems of farming. Many early civilizations also had systems of writing, numbers and mathematics, road systems, a formalized body of law, and facilities for education and the punishment of crimes. With the rise of civilizations, human evolution entered a phase that is different from all that came before. Prior to this time, humans had lived in small, family-centered groups exposed an

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