explain why river valleys were the place where the first civilizations all developed.?

Answer 1

In the ancient world, water was not just for drinking and agriculture; it was also the highway.

So people settled near water for drinking, for watering crops, for animals they raised to drink; but rivers were especially useful and as such some of the first civilizations grew up around rivers and used them for trading.

Even today, how many major cities don't have the sea or a river nearby, or along it?

Answer 2

The land by the river basin and shore was the most fertile, since early civilizations depended mainly on farming. The trade routes were open also, and people were able to transport themselves on boats through the river. Water for drinking was also very important, and the natural resources that were found around the river were used as money and other housing projects.

Answer 3

Water

Answer 4

Agriculture allowed people to build towns and citiies. Usually they used the river water for irrigation. Also, rivers were the primary mode of transportation for thousands of years.

Answer 5

Simply because water is necessary for all lifeforms, animals and plants. With a river, you have a source of water to irrigate plants, annual flooding for new topsoil, a source for hunting animals (who come to the river to drink, and who live in the water) and getting food, and a way to rid yourself of sewage and garbage.

Answer 6

River is a source of transportation. A source of food. A way to cleanse.

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Answer 7

river valleys not only have water, they have river bottoms (flat lands around the river itself) which are very rich agricultural lands, ideal for farming, and for grazing.

Answer 8

yep water, and the high floods deposited good soil for food growing.

Answer 9

water for drinking and agriculture

Answer 10

long story short

water is needed to live