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My hypothesis is better (and its probably pretty common): easy living (temp, soil, etc) and navigable waterways (lots of ports) made the difference. When condi
by KevinMS 3y ago
My hypothesis is better (and its probably pretty common): easy living (temp, soil, etc) and navigable waterways (lots of ports) made the difference. When conditions are comfortable for civilization, there's plenty of time to think about things, and with lots of ports its easy to spread those ideas. This is probably why places like Egypt, Greece, Italy, Minoa, etc, get the gold medal for early civilizations.
- truculent 3y ago> Scholars generally acknowledge six cradles of civilization. Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Indus valley, and Ancient China are believed to be the earliest in the Old World,[1][2] while the Caral-Supe civilization of coastal Peru and the Olmec civilization of Mexico are believed to be the earliest in the New World. Temperate climates, maybe, but ports?
- eszed 3y agoIf you expand the theory to encompass riverine ports that would cover five of the six. I don't know enough about Olmec / Mexican geography / development to speak to that.
- KevinMS 3y agoports are like the internet of the olden days. Don't forget to include the Nile River, which was navigable both ways, and used extensively, and which conveniently connected to the med sea.
- mistrial9 3y agothis map misses large scale organized predation and murder that were rampant in many places.