so that they could be clean and in case of a drought provide water build things like aqueducts and etc.
Usually a water source.
What was the some of the reasons early humans started to settle down? Why did they choose to settle near water?
Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Hwang Ho, Yangtse.
early peoples tended to settle near water and open fields to grow crops
Five main reasons civilization settled near water was for food and water, protection, transportation/trading (of goods), fertile soil was available and the water could have been used for bathing.
For a reliable supply of water, the fertile soil of the valleys for food production, and water transport..
The earliest civilizations developed near rivers because they needed drinking water and irrigation for their crops.
Agricultural areas, preferably near trade routes.
why did the early pioneers settle near rivers or lakes
Nile
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better for there crops