Seven Amazing Ancient Civilizations: Magnificent Seven Of Civilizations, Treasure Troves Of Human Knowledge

By Terry Nettle

The world is in a challenging time today with all the conflicts and wars going on in many parts of the world, as well as the serious existential threats of climate change and sustainability issues.

There is much that humankind can learn from how these great civilization were built. There is also much that we can learn from how some of these are kept alive, vibrant, and vital to this day; and how some of them have failed and disappeared in the long history of humankind.

Humankind can only deal with all these problems successfully if we learn from the past mistakes and achievements of the many great civilizations that humankind has built around the world, and plan to do better for the future.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terry Nettle
• Release date: Jan 24, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224960422

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2. The Magnificent Seven

Over the last 10,000 years of human history, humankind has built seven great civilizations in different parts of the world. These are truly the magnificent seven of human civilizations. They are the treasure troves of human knowledge.

There is much that humankind can learn from how these great civilization were built.  There is also much that we can learn from how some of these are kept alive, vibrant, and vital to this day; and how some of them have failed and disappeared in the long history of humankind.

The seven great civilizations are:

1-Mesopotamia,

2-China

3-Greece

4-Egypt

5-Indus Valley

6-Caral-Supe

7-Indian Hindi Vedic

In the following sections, all these will be described and examined in detail.

Certainly, intimate knowledge of these great human civilizations should enable all humankind to appreciate the common human heritage of our history and achievements as a species. It should be clear to all that humankind must work together for the common good of all humanity.

3. First Civilization, Mesopotamia, 9-5 tya (tya=thousand-years-ago)

The first great human civilization was built in Mesopotamia, on the fertile land between the two great rivers of Euphrates and Tigris in today's Iraq.

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