The development in arts varied among the five civilizations as well. While Mesopotamia and Egypt had pottery, the Americas didn’t. In addition, while the Egyptian and the Americas Civilizations built pyramids, the Indus Valley and Chinese Civilizations did not. Moreover, the Americas appeared to be the only First Civilizations to not be able to write. However, the Americas Civilization did develop quipu, a kind of knotted cords for accounting purposes, to compensate for their lack of writings. The Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indus Valley, and Chinese Civilizations had large amount of contacts in various forms with the other civilizations, suggesting their wide relationships. Mesopotamians, for example, maintained seaborne
