The first ancient societies arose in Mesopotamia and Egypt in the Middle East, in the Indus Valley ... It not only made settlements possible--and ultimately the building of cities--but it also made ... The first great civilizations grew up along rivers.
It wasn't, really...There were rivers, streams and ponds just like today and most early settlements were puposedly near to natural sources of water. If we are talking about finding underground, hidden sources of water the answer would be that early humans had only very primitive tools to get at those sources.
because they wanted to
the establishment and rapid growth of permanent settlements
because Egyptians had natural barriers
River valleys provided a good number of things that helped early civilizations. Settlements within river valleys: * provided a source of fresh water for early human settlements near the river within the valley; * provided a source of food such as fish and also for game that came to the river for water; * provided for a means of transportation when boats were built to allow early civilizations to travel to other settlements and thus trade by barter or by precious metals; and * provided for irrigation when water from the nearby river could be channeled by digging ditches to fertilize croplands.
Ease of traveling and shipping along with a supply of running water.
Early settlements developed along rivers because they provided essential resources such as water for drinking, irrigation for agriculture, transportation, and access to fish and other sources of food. Rivers also facilitated communication and trade between communities, making them ideal locations for early human settlements.
Along the rivers. Those rivers were the major means of transport in the early days. Later, railroads would influence growth- for the same reason.
Rivers were important to early settlements since they were the main means of transport, and furnished power for early industrial applications.
it was their highway for transportation and trade
The early settlements of Mesopotamia were in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
it was good for fishing and they could develop trade
In the early days rivers were the main means of transport.
The Red Sea
Floods provided water for crops.There was water for drinking, cleaning, sewage disposal, fishing, and so forth.Because there was no ater that ran from taps like we have today. They needed to live close to the water so they could get the waterFloods provided water for crops.Human settlements often develop along rivers because the river provides :waterfood (fish etc)relatively easy transport especially for heavy itemsconnections to other communitiesThe river Severn is no different to other rivers,
What did early settlements have
no because they both kept on steeling stuff. not trading