2007-11-01 15:10:34 · 6 answers · asked by Nicole M 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
near a body of water, fertile land
places that were easy to defend from attacks and invasions (mountain fortresses, etc) but were also easy to get around for inhabitants
2007-11-01 15:14:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cradle of civilization was Mesopotamia, a region known as the "fertile crescent" which was bet the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The water was irrigated to plant crops...Egypt was around the Nile, used to import & export goods throught Ethiopia, Nueba etc.. so great civilizations were usually around water!!!!
2007-11-01 15:16:55 · answer #2 · answered by Sharon C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there had to be something to eat and something to drink...and most importantly, I think, there HAD to be the conditions whereby animals and plants could be domesticated. Once man could remain in one place and have his basic needs met, "civilization" could develop.
2007-11-01 15:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by justagorilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mild temperatures, water, irrigatable land, natural barriers that provided protection from invaders (Egypt - desert , China - mountains, etc.)
2007-11-01 15:30:56 · answer #4 · answered by deirdrezz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water (river or coastline), arrable land, that's about it.
2007-11-01 15:13:19 · answer #5 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by water
2007-11-01 15:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by jessicas127 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋