WORLD CIVILIZATION

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: -Like other rivers you have studied, these two rivers carry water for irrigation. The silt they deposit makes the land fertile. The Indus River valley was the home of the first Indian civilization. In ancient times, another river called the Saraswati (suh•RUHS•wuh•tee) ran parallel to the Indus.

Detailed explanation-3: -The valley of the Indus is the most fertile. The Indus River Valley Civilization, commonly known as the Harappan Civilization, spanned modern-day northeast Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwest India between 3300 and 1300 BCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -The major four river valley civilizations were located along the Indus River, the Yellow River, the Nile River, and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Mesopotamia. Although each of these was located along a river for similar reasons, they had very different political systems, religions, languages, and cultures.