GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Waterways increased trade among distant peoples.
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Water sources enabled the migration of hunter-gatherers.
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Fertile soil allowed humans to develop agriculture.
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Governments were created to control fertile land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rivers were attractive locations for the first civilizations because they provided a steady supply of drinking water and made the land fertile for growing crops. Moreover, goods and people could be transported easily, and the people in these civilizations could fish and hunt the animals that came to drink water.
Detailed explanation-2: -The prehistoric people settled near the banks of rivers because of the easily available water for irrigation, and the favourable climatic conditions that helped their crops to grow.
Detailed explanation-3: -5000 years ago the first civilizations appeared along the banks of large rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq); the River Nile in Egypt; the Indus River in India; and the Yellow and Blue rivers in China. That is why they are called river civilizations.