Why is this area considered the cradle of civilization? What

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_civilization

>>1496276
Because unlike most hunter/gathering tribe societies, it had a lot of natural, fertile soil where people developed agriculture and that attracted more people so they eventually built towns and created a society. Now with food, river water and animals people could focus on developing their society further. For example math and writing was developed due to increasing complex situations such as needing to know how many resources there were. Writing and math eventually gave way to stories, and other subjects.

While Judaism in its ancient polytheisic form was always there, the two other ones became huge entirely due to chance. Christianity only became as big as it was thanks to Rome who controlled parts of the Midddle East back then. Islam has somewhat the same circumstances as Christianity in the sense that it was the state religion of a huge caliphate.

>>1496276
"A civilization is any complex society characterized by urban development, social stratification, symbolic communication forms (typically, writing systems), and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural environment by a cultural elite."

"The Bronze Age is a time period characterized by the use of bronze, proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization."

the first known early bronze age civilizations were located in the Levant/Mesopotamia.

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>>1496319
Thanks. These answered my questions well.

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It was probably the first place to develop agriculture.

Humans evolved in Africa but civilisation evolved in Mesopotamia.

Contrary to popular belief, for primitive humans, agriculture is worse than being a hunter gatherer.

>>1496366
>Contrary to popular belief, for primitive humans, agriculture is worse than being a hunter gatherer.

Hunter-Gatherer -> Kill an animal. Gather some food. Give some to the Chief. Go back to leisure time.

Farmer -> Get up before dawn. Work all day. Sleep for a few hours. Give enough of your food to the local Lord so he doesn't kill you.

>>1496276
>Why aren't they considered the first civilization?
Because civilization requires agriculture which requires slavery to force people to work to make food that they don't get to eat.

CIVILIZATION: When some bullying fucker makes you slave all day on a farm OR ELSE.