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'''Yellow River civilization''' or '''Huanghe civilization''' ({{zh|t=黃河文明}}), '''Hwan‐huou civilization''' is an ancient Chinese civilization that prospered in the middle and lower basin of the [[Yellow River]]. [[Agriculture]] was started in the [[flood plain]] of the Yellow River, and before long, through [[flood control]] and the [[irrigation]] of the Yellow River, cities were developed and political power found reinforcement. One of the "[[Cradle of civilization|four major civilizations of the ancient world]]", it is often included in textbooks of [[East Asia]]n history, but the idea of including only the HuangYellow River civilization as one of the four biggest ancient civilizations has become outdated thanksas toa result of the discovery of other early cultures in China, such as the [[Yangtze civilization|Chang JiangYangtze]] and [[Liao civilization|Liao]]s civilizations. The area saw the [[Yangshao culture|Yangshao]] and [[Longshan culture|Longshan]] cultures of the [[Neolithic]] era and developed into the [[Bronze Age|bronze]] ware culture]] of the [[Shang dynasty|Shang]] and [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties.