Four Great Ancient Civilizations
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The Four Great Ancient Civilizations (Traditional Chinese: 四大文明古國; Simplified Chinese: 四大文明古国; pinyin: Sì Dà Wénmíng Gǔ Guó) is a concept frequently used in the study of history in China, referring to the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Babylon, India, and China, seen as the first four civilizations to appear in the history of humankind.
In 1900, Liang Qichao argued that there were four great ancient civilizations in his poem, The Pacific Ocean in the 20th Century (二十世纪太平洋歌). The four civilizations are China, India, Egypt, and Asia Minor. It is an early version of the Four Great Ancient Civilizations.
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