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This ancient civilizations map shows the area from western europe and africa eastward to india and china. The region of the near east between the tigris and euphrates rivers, called mesopotamia, is thought to be the birthplace of civilizationnonnomadic. The jews continued to keep their religion even though other people ruled them. Ancient river valley civilizations mapping activity includes explicit instructions on how to complete the map as well as questions based. Use this timeline to help illustrate what happened when.
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