List river valley civilizations include the Indus Valley Civilization, Ancient Egypt (on the Nile), Mesopotamia (along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers), and Chinese civilization along the Yellow River.
Explanation:
The rivers played a major role in the development of civilization because people have done hunting, fishing and farming activities because of the abundant water available. The four main civilisations are given below.
Indus Valley Civilization: In the civilization happened in the northwest part of India it is also named as Harappan civilization which was formed in the bank of Indus River Valley.
Ancient Egypt Civilization: The civilisation originated over the banks of the river Nile is called as ancient Egyptian civilization. The people who have developed civilisation are from North Africa.
Mesopotamia Civilization: The places of today’s Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey are part of the Mesopotamia Civilization. The Greek meaning of Mesopotamia is “between two rivers”. This civilisation has happened between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.
Chinese civilization: It is a civilisation which formed the city based culture, which first started in the early 2nd millennium BCE. It has also happened in the banks of the yellow river.
