I would conclude that the answer to the question as stated is "false". The earliest known "civilizations" spawned from Mesopotamia and China. Central European civilization came about much later.
True I think, but in terms of life? False. Europeans, however, unlike the Chinese, sought to build vast empires all across the world, even in the new world, that's why most of human history is European exploration, and wars, and the like.
They were mainly similar politically. Socially and economically they had some differences. One way they were alike is that they all had royal governors.
