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title: "Oldest civilizations in the world"  
description: "A brief explanation about the oldest civilizations in the world"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-12  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2868/oldest-civilizations-in-the-world  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["History", "education", "oldest civilizations", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Oldest civilizations in the world

![Oldest civilizations in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eaa6a066-6438-41d4-9a30-66a07de968d2/images/93226d3c-b927-4615-b8f7-68d60900b6e0.jpeg) ![Oldest civilizations in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eaa6a066-6438-41d4-9a30-66a07de968d2/images/8bcc18a7-f0ec-407e-b32e-2b2307129808.jpeg) Mesopotamia 4000-3500 B.C. (modern-day Iraq), Ancient Egypt 3100-3000 B.C., Indus Valley Civilization 2500-1700 B.C., and ancient China 1600-1100 B.C. ![Oldest civilizations in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eaa6a066-6438-41d4-9a30-66a07de968d2/images/c9a2b5ad-4bcb-461b-a17a-b04e8f8e08aa.jpeg) All of these civilisations developed agriculture, allowing them to produce an abundance of food and feed vast populations. ![Oldest civilizations in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eaa6a066-6438-41d4-9a30-66a07de968d2/images/a4748149-06e4-4775-8667-12b6f924eb07.jpeg) They created cities that served as hubs for trade, administration, and culture, established religious ideas & practices. ![Oldest civilizations in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eaa6a066-6438-41d4-9a30-66a07de968d2/images/24df1402-eacf-4c17-af20-1b2d2dfe0b4a.jpeg) They also created writing systems to retain records and communicate with one another. ![Oldest civilizations in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/eaa6a066-6438-41d4-9a30-66a07de968d2/images/68fdf9a5-175d-470e-8d3e-a090203044bb.jpeg) They also established social hierarchies, with various classes of people having varying rights and obligations.

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