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Many civilizations have grown and then disappeared in
places all over the world. The ancient civilizations that
most affected the development of the western world were
those that formed around the Mediterranean Sea. The first
was the Sumerian civilization, which existed more than
5,000 years ago, and the last was the Western Roman Empire,
which fell in a.d. 476. The ancient civilizations of the
Mediterranean included the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the
Persians, the Phoenicians, the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and
the Greeks.
There were other ancient and impressive civilizations in
China, India, Africa, and North and South America. However,
the contributions of these peoples to ...