Ease of traveling and shipping along with a supply of running water.
It was the first sucessful settlement
rivers
In 1784 on Kodiak Island.
Florence, Italy.
The first European settlement in what would become Vancouver was in 1862.
Rivers provide food, water for drinking and crops, transportation .
the ability to farm (great soil due to floods) and travel (river+boat=....) between the two rivers.
Ruins of early civilizations were most commonly found in valleys formed by the flow of dried out rivers.
Along the rivers.
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.
Closer to rivers and lakes, lots of resources.
first of all they are both rivers and they are discorvered in 1409
In 1633, Windsor became Connecticut's first English settlement. This was due to its desirable location at the juncture of the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers.
In 1633, Windsor became Connecticut's first English settlement. This was due to its desirable location at the juncture of the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers.
I believe the first Ancient civilization was ancient Mesopotamia. It was located Between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
sumerians lived in "mesopatamia" or "the land between the rivers" these rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates. which is where the early hominids (early humans) first started.
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