cradle of civilization

n. area between the Tigris and Euphratess rivers that was the birthplace of the different civilizations that took the wrold from prehistory to history

In the history of the world, the cradle of civilization is a title claimed by several regions of the world owning to their development of writing, social systems, and cities. Human history's beginning, as opposed to its prehistory, has been said to begin with the invention, independently at several sites on Earth, of writing, which created the infrastructure for lasting, accurately transmitted memories and thus for the diffusion and growth of knowledge. Writing, in its turn, had been made necessary in the wake of the Neolithic Revolution, which had given rise to civilization, i.e., to create civilizations with permanent settled communities, which fostered a growing diversity of trades.
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