The first civilisations: Mesopotamia and Egypt
Agricultural and urban development The first great urban civilizations that developed their own writing system were born towards the 4th millennium BC on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Mesopotamia) and the Nile (Egypt). (From kickassfacts.com) The control of water in the rivers allowed the growth of agricultural production, which favored commercial exchanges, the development of handicrafts and the birth of the first cities. The emergence of the first States Independent city-states (Ur, Uruk...) emerged in Lower Mesopotamia etween 3500 an 2000 BC. They were ruled by kings Then, different dominant cities created empires in Mesopotamia: the Akkadian Empire the Kingdom of Ur the babilonian Empire The Assyrian Empire The ziggurat was the Mesopotamian temple. It was built with bricks and used the arch and the vault. Amenophis IV. Cairo Museum The Egypt of the pharaohs The first monarchs or pharaohs considered themselves God's representativ