Rivers as cradle of civilization
School conducted an
inter-house declamation competition on the topic “Rivers as cradle civilization”
on 1st September 2014.The topic was selected to make the students realize the importance that the
rivers hold in the lives of living beings.
The cradle of civilization is a
term referring to locations identified as the sites of the emergence of
civilization. Rivers gave birth to human civilizations in all continents. As a result of the
multiple and exponentially growing human activities, most world rivers are now
being impacted, including by long range atmospheric transport of pollutants.
These changes can be regarded as a global water quality issue.
Students discussed the four
civilizations – Mesopotamia( Egypt), the Indus Valley and the Yellow River
Valley civilizations in detail.They highlighted the role played by these rivers
in the settlement and development of these civilizations. Rivers provided water
for large-scale agriculture, enabling people to abandon a hunter-gatherer
lifestyle and to grow and store surplus food. This, in turn, permitted the
development of a hierarchical society with a division of labor, and led to the
growth of cities.
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