Ch. 2: First Civilizations

the rise of the first civilizations was a good and bad. There were many advancements in agriculture but with that came the destruction of land. Due to the population rising there needed to be a surplus of land for agriculture, so with that came deforestation. some of the first civilized societies Mesopotamia and Egypt. Egypt was home of the Pharaohs and their great pyramids. also around the same time there was another civilization coming up. this civilization was called Norte Chico. This civilization was different than those of the regular Mesopotamian civilizations because their cities were smaller and they showed less evidence of economic specialization. Unlike the civilizations in Mesopotamia this civilization didn't develop writing. 

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