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Rivers provide water and fertile soil left behind after the rivers flood. Also, rivers are natural barriers.

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Q: Why did early civilization settle in river valleys?
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Why are river valleys the cradles of ancient civilization?

why are river valleys the cradles in ancient civilization


Where early people were likely to settle?

On the plains of river valleys which were fertile and well watered.


Why many of the earliest civilization developed in river valleys following the Neolithic Revolution?

River valleys provided early civilizations with fertile soil that allowed for farming.


Why might people settle in river valleys and in coastal southern Europe?

they settle in river valleys to grow crops and build cities


The main reason early civilization developed in ancient china was?

the fertile river valleys which favord agriculture.


What characteristic did early civilization in Mesopotamia share with early civilization in China?

The occupied fertile river valleys, which gave them the surplus produce on which civilisation could develop.


What river valleys did India civilization develop?

the Nile river


Which of the four river valleys that supported major early civilization lost one of it's major rivers?

the Indus Valley


Did Greek civilization begin with a river?

No, mountains and valleys.


Name at least two river valleys where civilization began?

The Nile River Valley and the Indus River Valley.


Why did early civilizations develop in the valley of Huang He?

Early civilizations developed near any river valleys. The most common river valleys was the Nile RIver of Egypt, Tigris and Euphrates river in the fertile crescent and the yellow river/Huang he river in china. the reason for the settlement near the river valleys was the fertile land. Nomads did not have to move around for food and home. THey learned to grow crops and domesticate animals. River valleys gave nomads a place to stay and develop towns and villages which led to societies and a civilization.


Where did civilization get its start in China?

In the Yellow and Yangtze river valleys