How does the economic factor contribute to the development of an ancient civilization?

Question

How does the economic factor contribute to the development of an ancient civilization?

Answer 1

One of the keys to the development of a "civilization" is the specialization of workers.  The best potters make the pottery, the best farmers grow the food, the best builders build the houses, etc. etc.

This is basic economics or cooperation with optimization of skills that went along with the development of the earliest civilizations.

Answer 2

The ramifications of the situation relative to the economic factors involved with the development of any ancient civilization can be reduced to the availability and affordability of human labor.

Rome was not built in a day, they didn't have enough slaves for that.