Adding a 1,500-square-foot second floor with large sections done as a do-it-yourself project (plus serving as your own general contractor when needed) can run $105,000-$225,000; hiring a remodeling contractor for the same project can be $225,000-$450,000.
1: Probably Egypt was one of the earliest civilizations to emerge, due to it's prime location along the Nile River. 2: The first known form of writing is called Cuneiform, which uses different forms of pictographs, such as the Egyptian hieroglyphics. Joel V Â· 8 years ago.
Mesopotamia - Amazing Facts about the Cradle of Civilization. Mesopotamia is widely considered to be the longest and oldest human civilization, where the earliest cities in world history appeared about 3500 BC. It refers to the Tigris-Euphrates river system and corresponds to the modern day Iraq, Kuwait and some parts of Syria, Turkey and Iran. For West, the Bronze Age Mesopotamia is the real cradle of civilization which consisted of four empires, all native to the territory of modern day Iraq.