The main reason that several new England cities became major shipbuilding centers was these cities needed ships for deep sea fishing. The land near the cities was at first difficult to farm.
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating ships. It usually takes place in a specialized facility called a shipyard. A shipbuilder or shipbuilder is a specialized profession that has its roots in earlier history.
Shipbuilding and ship repair, both commercial and military, is called "naval engineering". Boat building is a similar activity known as boat building. The earliest known descriptions (including paintings and models) of shallow-water sailing ships date from the 6th to 5th millennium BC of the Ubaid period of Mesopotamia. They were made from baled reeds covered with bitumen and had bipedal masts. They sailed in the shallow coastal waters of the Persian Gulf. Evidence from Ancient Egypt shows that the early Egyptians knew how to attach wooden planks to the hulls of ships as early as 3100 BC. Ancient Egyptian pottery circa 4000 BC. AD shows drawings of the first riverboats or other maritime vehicles.
Generally speaking, for a development such as this to be considered a civilization, there must be some form of government, which regulates to a certain extent the lives of the citizens.
