Let's know about Civilizations!

 What is a Civilization?

 Civilization means a group of people or society who lived in a place & time

 

There are different civilzations in different places:

1.     Indus Valley Civilization

2.     Mesopotamian Civilization

3.     Egyptian Civilization

4.     Chinese Civilization

Most of these were built around rivers. For E.g., Egyptian round the river Nile.

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     Here are some more types of civilisations:

    1. Inca Civilization

    2. Persian Civilization

    3. Greek Civilization

    4. Roman Civilization 




 



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