Mesopotamia and Egypt

Mesopotamia:
Ancient Mesopotamian civilization started in, what we called today, the Fertile Crescent. It started from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It got it's name because the soil there was rich and shaped like a crescent. It's between the Tigris and the Euphrates River.
Origins of Mesopotamia Civilization:
The first people who came to Mesopotamia are the Sumerians.



-----

Egypt:
By the Paleolithic Period, 1.8 million years ago, hunter-gathers started settling in the Nile Valley. This is where the Egyptian Civilization started.
The Important Historical Events:
In the Early Dynastic Period, 3150 BC, the first pharaohs appeared and consolidated their control of lower Egypt by making their capital Memphis. Then the Old Kingdom came, and there were many progresses in architecture, technology and administration.