Summary of Ancient Civilisations

SUMMARY

·        After the Neolithic Age, civilisations sprang and grew in the Bronze Age.

·        People began their settled life in planned towns and began to involve in trade and exchange. Science and technology developed.

·        The civilisations are relatively complex social systems.

·        The Egyptian civilisation excelled in architecture and the pyramids were its important contribution.

·        The Mesopotamian civilisation contributed to the development of calendar system and astronomy.

·        The Chinese civilisation contributed in terms of philosophy and inventions.

·        The Indus civilisation produced a variety of commodities using innovative techniques. It had cultural contacts with West Asia.