1, Babylon (located in West Asia, present-day Iraq).

2. Ancient Egypt (located in North Africa, now Egypt).

3. Ancient India (located in South Asia, including modern India, Pakistan and other countries).

4. China (located in East Asia, now People's Republic of China (PRC)).

The four ancient civilizations actually correspond to the birthplaces of the world's four major civilizations, namely, the two river basins (Mesopotamia), ancient Egypt, ancient India and China, and the first four large-scale human civilizations were born, but the later Aegean civilization was not included.

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International recognition

The History of World Civilization (American William Gao Xi) declared that "Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient India, ancient Greece and China were the five cradles of civilizations that once existed in the world".

Anoos (Stavri, USA) mentioned: "The fertile river basins and plains in the Middle East, India, China and Europe gave birth to the greatest civilization in history.

These civilizations have made Eurasia the center of world history and played an important role. More specifically, the civilization centers in the Middle East include the Nile Valley, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Iranian Plateau. The center of civilization in China is the Yellow River Basin; The center of European civilization is on the northern shore of the Mediterranean-this area has always occupied obvious advantages in economy and culture from the Minoan culture period to the end of the Middle Ages.

It should be noted that Europe mentioned here includes North Africa. "In Stavri's and Anoos's view, Middle East civilization includes Nile civilization and Two Rivers civilization.