Water, irrigation, fertility of soil. All the earliest civilizations started there.
The alluvial silt that covers the land during flooding increases its fertility. This is in addition to the ready supply of fresh water required for any large societal group.
rivers leave fertile soil along their banks after floods
The alluvial silt that covers the land during flooding increases its fertility. This is in addition to the ready supply of fresh water required for any large societal group.
Tectonic shifts caused a major river, the Sarasvati/Ghaggar river, to dry up. There were also changes in the monsoon rains which caused floods followed by droughts, so that most of the people left.
The Nile River was a crucial element in the development of ancient Egypt Civilization. This civilization depended on the annual floods of the Nile to make their lands very fertile for growing essentials like flax, papyrus, and wheat right on the banks of the river. These could in turn be traded for even more goods.
The Nile River was a crucial element in the development of ancient Egypt Civilization. This civilization depended on the annual floods of the Nile to make their lands very fertile for growing essentials like flax, papyrus, and wheat right on the banks of the river. These could in turn be traded for even more goods.
Greece was the only major civilization that didn't have a major river. Greeks built their city-states on the shores because of this.
When ca river floods it will create a big flood and stuff
the hudson river, and every year, it floods Maine. :P
The Brisbane floods of 1974 affected the Brisbane River and the Bremer River basin.
The Indus River is to ancient Indian civilization what the Nile River is to ancient Egyptian civilization.