Rivers are a source of water and transportation.
because they needed water for everything
The early settlements of Mesopotamia were in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
ALL settlements (wherever they are) were (at a time in history) "founded".
Tennessee's first settlement was off of the Watauga River. The second and third settlements were off of the Holston and Nolichucky rivers. I am not sure of a fourth because there were Indian settlements too. These were the white settlements...
Colonial settlements were mostly built along rivers. The settlers used the waterpower of the rivers to run their mills. Navigable rivers provided transportation between settlements for people and their goods.
Roger Williams.
Two settlements founded by Champlain are Quebec City in Canada and Port Royal in Acadia (now Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia, Canada).
Pompey was founded because towns are founded because people decide to create settlements.
they lived in permanent settlements, usually by rivers for farming
Known as Vinland.
The Pueblo settlements were located near rivers such as the Rio Grande in New Mexico and the Colorado River in Arizona. These rivers provided essential water sources for irrigation and agriculture, which were vital to the survival of the Pueblo people.
they lived in permanent settlements, usually by rivers for farming