The origin of civilization Prehistoric people were hunting and foraging in the beginning. However, people soon discovered how the plants grown from seeds and how to trained animals. So that they had a stable food supply. And they were no longer without permanent settlement. It was the beginning of the first cities. Then the cities became the first civilization. Two of the world's great civilizations is in Egypt and Mesopotamia, both were near the river. Because the river could bring the fertile soil and people could use the river’s water for irrigation. People who could develop their talents such as art and music or do different jobs because agriculture production surplus and they could give up farming. It became a social stratification and developed writing systems like cuneiform and hieroglyphics. These developments let to rise the civilization.