Well, they would settle because there was plentiful water. Also, there was fish in the water and other animals who go there that they could feast on.
It provides drinking water, and transportation
because of the fertile land and close access to a natural resources like water food and vegetation.
To get access to drinking-water.
The early settlements of Mesopotamia were in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What did early settlements have
Rivers provide water and fertile soil left behind after the rivers flood. Also, rivers are natural barriers.
The fact that humans have always needed to have water to survive caused them to settle by rivers. The rivers provided drinking water as well as food. The climate caused the early humans to settle in warm areas.
Overland travel was difficult in the early colonies. For a long time, water transportation was the colonists' main link to the outside world. In fact, nearly all the early colonial settlements were port located on natural harbors or navigable rivers. New settlers migrated by sea to the growing coastal towns and inland trading posts on rivers. World Geography Today, Holt
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.
why did the early pioneers settle near rivers or lakes
Rivers were important to early settlements since they were the main means of transport, and furnished power for early industrial applications.
I do not understand what you are asking. Can you please repeat your question in a less confusing way?
The early settlements of Mesopotamia were in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
In the early days rivers were the main means of transport.
The Red Sea
What did early settlements have
Rivers provide water and fertile soil left behind after the rivers flood. Also, rivers are natural barriers.
The fact that humans have always needed to have water to survive caused them to settle by rivers. The rivers provided drinking water as well as food. The climate caused the early humans to settle in warm areas.
no because they both kept on steeling stuff. not trading
Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Hwang Ho, Yangtse.