Where did ancient civilizations begin?

The very oldest civilisations had one thing in common; they grew up in the fertile lands surrounding a major river; the Nile, the Ganges, the Yangtse and the Tigris/Euphrates.
 
Possibly in the area where we now know as Iraq in the Fertile Cresent or Mesopotamia.

Some ancient civilizations included, take your pick:

Sumeria
Assyria
Babylonia-all centered in current day Iraq

Egypt

Indus River area of India and possibly Pakistan

China
 
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