cradle of civilization

English

Noun

cradle of civilization (plural cradles of civilization)

  1. A location and a culture where civilization was developed independent of other civilizations in other locations.
    • 1859, Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society during the year 1858, page 56:
      Egypt was the first cradle of agriculture; it was, therefore, the first cradle of civilization.
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