Thee Aegean coast is the cradle of early civilization in Crete and Greece.

爱琴海沿岸是克里特和希腊早期文明的摇篮。

Irrigation was vital to early civilization.

灌溉对早期农业具有重要性。

Some ideas and systems that are applied to social welfare by modern man could be vaguely seen in the social custom in early civilization.

现代人归入社会福利的某些观念和体制，在文明初期的礼俗形式中其实已经有朦胧的体现。