Civilizations Quote by Stephen Kinzer

“We have been accustomed to look to the East -to Mesopotamia and Babylonia- for the beginning of Greek enlightenment, but probably when exploration has…

— James John Courtenay

Of course, with agriculture came the first big civilizations, the first cities built of mud and brick, the first empires. And it was the…

— Howard Rheingold

“The availability of irrigation systems to water the land and produce grain and other food crops was the material foundation for these two great…

— Norman F. Cantor

“offers numerous cautionary tales of kingdoms, cultures, and empires that squandered their soil and found themselves with nothing left to live on. From the…

— Judith D. Schwartz

Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and…

— Edward Gargan

There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations which arose…

— James Henry Breasted

From earliest times, water has always been acknowledged as a primary human good and an indispensable natural resource. Around the great rivers of the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“From many indications it would seem probable that these conquerors were of Babylonian origin, or that the culture they brought with them (possibly from…

— Leonard William King

All the superior religions had their growth between the Ganga and the Euphrates.

— Swami Vivekananda

Concern for the fate of the great rivers of the earth must lead us to reflect soberly on the model of development which our…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The fifth century BC historian Herodotus called Egypt ‘the gift of the Nile’. The Egyptians themselves went a lot further. They claimed that their…

— Robert Bauval

“Moreover, by means of the Semitic inhabitants of Babylonia Sumerian culture continued to exert its influence on other and more distant races. We have…

— Leonard William King