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.
By Kimberly Munro Fri, Mar 18, 2011. The first installment of our Ancient Peru series relates what archaeology has revealed about its first cities and civilizations. The expansive, culturally rich civilizations that existed in the Americas at the time of European contact came as a great surprise to the early Spanish explorers. Most notable were the Aztec empire in Central Mexico and the Incan empire in Peru, both of which controlled great expanses of land and millions of people.