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it made food
It caused them to form city-states
deserts and mountains isolated them and rivers promoted cultural diffusion and flourished civilization.
the early settlement were colonies.
Rivers were important to early settlements since they were the main means of transport, and furnished power for early industrial applications.
As nomads, they took over a tract of land amongst the mountains, built a protective fortress on high ground (acropolis) around which a city grew developed. As they were separated by mountains, lakes and rivers, this separated them, and they had no desire or incentive to amalgamate with other city-states with whom they were often in dispute or at war with..
What did early settlements have
is ur from the fertile crescent a early settlement
Both.
Stephen Austin started a settlement in Texas in the early 1820s
the reason is because they hadno water and europe over ruled them.
Often it was large landmarks such as rivers or mountains.