A cradle of civilization is a location where civilization is understood to have independently emerged according to current thinking there was no single cradle of civilization instead several cradles of civilization developed independently the fertile crescent mesopotamia and ancient egypt and ancient india are believed to be the earliest while ancient china emerged somewhat later . The middle east the cradle of civilization revealed ancient civilizations bourke stephen isbn 9780500251478 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. One factor that helped civilization to develop in both places was the climate of mesopotamia which 6000 to 7000 years ago was wetter than that part of the middle east is today. Ancient middle east cradle of civilization the ancient middle east was called the cradle of civilization by historians why was this this was because the ancient middle east settled and prospered near two major rivers the tiberis and the euphrates and created the very first flourishing civilization the middle east was broken into two areas the northern area was called mesopotamia and the southern area was called babylon in these areas a new civilization arose called the