Why were rivers important to the devlopment of such ancient civilizations?

Question

Ancient civilizations, such as those of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China, developed in river valleys, specifically the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates, and the Huang.

Answer 1

Water provides evrything needed. Food, transportation, energy, waste, bathing. It is essential for life. That is why all big cities are also located on rivers.

Answer 2

Like the people above me said, water for irrigation.

Also, soil near the rivers tend to get replenished every year by the river flooding (like the Nile floods), so there is usually good farm soil near rivers.

And rivers were the first roads. Boats can transport goods up and down the river easier than dragging stuff across land.

Answer 3

Rivers have always been important for travel, transportation, and trade routes. Most settlements were built along major rivers. Rivers are also important for farming because river valleys and plains provide fertile soils. Farmers in dry regions irrigate their cropland using water carried by irrigation ditches from nearby rivers. Rivers also are an important energy source. During the early industrial era, mills, shops, and factories were built near fast-flowing rivers where water could be used to power machines. Today steep rivers are still used to power hydroelectric plants and their water turbines. You could drink too,

Answer 4

Trade and agriculture. As has been previously stated rivers provided fresh water for drinking, and farming as well as provided transportation for trade goods. It is why Nordic Civilization developed along the coast. It may take several wagons and oxen and men and thus a lot of water to move trade goods by land but that same amount of goods can be moved by water in a small boat rowed by a handful of men.

Answer 5

Maybe because rivers contain water? In a nutshell: when people stopped wandering as hunter-gatherers, rich, fertile soil was needed to grow and farm. That type of soil is found in river valleys. More food, more people. More people, the need for more rules. Subsequently, the development of civilization.

Answer 6

River water from upstream used for drinking, downstream for washing and effluent. Irrigation in hot countries and also river valleys can be very fertile. Very important for the defence of the city also. Rivers were also used for trade and transport.

Answer 7

Mostly ancient civilizations settled their camps near rivers because its easier to build farms and gather more product from them when they are near water,and also in the production of pottery which was made from argile thats a form of mud found especially in humid terrain near rivers or lakes.Their houses also were made from argile .

Answer 8

The rivers provided each of these civilizations with the means to do agriculture. This enabled the people to stay in one place and focus on other skills, as seen with artisans.

Answer 9

Without water, there is no life. Water is necessary for the irrigation of crops. It provided a means of importing and exporting goods, thus stimulating the economy and travel. Also, in times of war, it provided the means of an expanded army.

Rivers will always be important.

Answer 10

ok, do ur own homework, if you would actually read the textbook, you would know. now then, to be nice, they developed around rivers because rivers were a saurce of freshwater that was constant, and water is vital to all life. plus, most civilizations diddnt have plumbing