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Chinese-only concept. These four civilisations are seen as the "cradles of civilisation" (or more dramatically, "humanity") and are usually tackled first in history books because they are the oldest (typically in the order Mesopotamia-Egypt-India-China). They all have the common
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I agree, I have also heard this term before. I have to say that it's totally a "Chinese
Centric" term and not adapted by any historians. It's like giving yourself a pat on the back, and "remind" yourself know how "great" your "glories past" was. blah~ Give me a break. Very typical Chinese tho.
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Chinese history of the world, then it should stay. But more needs to be included on how the Chinese textbooks talk about these civilizations instead of the general description of the civilizations found
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Mesoamerica... So it is quite similar to this concept actually, except this here says Babylon and only four of
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thread of springing up around river valleys, giving rise to the historical theory that rivers/water are important factors for civilisation, and historians used to think that all civilisation could be traced to them somehow (I think).
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As far as I know, the western historians do not use ther concept of "Four great ancient civilizations". If they introduce ancient civilizations, they may introduce more or less than these four. These
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I don't have a source handy; it's more of a general concept. I'll come back and post one here if I find it. I haven't remembered to write anything in the article, though.
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Since this is such a small page, I might as well add something like this. If there aren't any objections within a few hours, I probably will.
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It should be noted that they don't really think of these civilisations as being "great"; Greece and Rome would need to be included.
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