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- Water - for drinking, for animals and for daily use.
River
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Water + fertile soil + irrigation
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Good harvests
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SURPLUS FOOD
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Crafts, trade and rulers
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CITIES AND CIVILISATION
- Fertile soil - rivers deposit alluvial soil on their plains, which gives good crops.
- Irrigation - river water could be led into fields through canals and ditches.
- Surplus food - good harvests meant extra food, which freed people for crafts, trade and ruling.
- Transport and trade - boats could carry goods far more easily than carts on land.
- Settlement - because all of this was in one place, people could stay put and build permanent cities.
NCERT question · THINK ABOUT IT, page 77
Why were rivers important in the growth of early civilisations?
