The Himalayan mountains kept china and other asian countries isolated from the western world.
Rivers were important to early settlements since they were the main means of transport, and furnished power for early industrial applications.
beacause the book said
beacause the book said
deserts and mountains isolated them and rivers promoted cultural diffusion and flourished civilization.
Many landforms, such as mountains or rivers were uncrossable to early civilizations, so they stayed where they were, away from other groups
Often it was large landmarks such as rivers or mountains.
No, they could not.
The fact that humans have always needed to have water to survive caused them to settle by rivers. The rivers provided drinking water as well as food. The climate caused the early humans to settle in warm areas.
why did the early pioneers settle near rivers or lakes
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were assets to the early peoples of Sumer. They remain important rivers to this day.
Asians
Early civilizations emerged between the Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, and (sorry, blanking out out on the fourth...) Rivers.