Land played a crucial role in shaping the cultures of early civilizations by influencing agriculture, trade, and social organization. Fertile areas, such as river valleys, enabled the development of farming, which led to population growth and the establishment of settled communities. Geographic features, like mountains and deserts, acted as both barriers and trade routes, impacting interaction and exchange between different cultures. Consequently, the availability and type of land shaped not only the economy but also the social structures, religious beliefs, and daily lives of these early societies.
Around productive, well watered land, usually river valleys.
dependent on fertile land
Geography
In a pocket of fertile land, with a river for fresh water supply, and access to the sea for fishing.
plains, fertile land, etc.
fertile crescent
Four important developments in human culture are Elements of Culture ,People and Their Land,Early Technology ,and The Start of Agriculture
Early Aegean civilizations were located on islands or near the coast, so sea trade was important to them. Their land also supported agriculture.
art, goverment and culture is what characterizes a civilization, they developed in the fertile cresent [the land between the two rivers].
Conversion of more land to productive fields Forming of organized government as population increased
they all settled near arable land or by a river for irrigation crops
they all settled near arable land or by a river for irrigation crops