cradle of civilization

• MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
• TigrisWestern Asian river
• EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
• SumerAncient southern Mesopotamia
• BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital

ancient · fertile · crescent · birthplace · agriculture · writing · cuneiform · Egypt · Nile · pyramids · origin · dawn · civilization · empire · temple · ziggurat · irrigation · harvest

• Yellow RiverYellow River, Loess Plateau, river source, river bend, tributaries