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Explain the importance of water to early Civilizations

Most of the early civilizations originated from rivers The Nile Tigris Euphrates the Indus and the Yellow River were all rivers where most of the ancient civilizations started to grow Early civilizations were located near rivers because the rivers contained fresh water This fresh water helped to develop agriculture Agriculture allowed civilizations to have a more stable population For instance the Nile River was one of the few rivers that had the most dependable annual flooding resulting in early agriculture was able to produce numerous crops The Egyptians eventually were able to withstand the flooding and created an irrigation system as well as canals to capture the water from the flood The Indus and Yellow river also flooded but it wasn't as predictable as the Nile Every time the Nile flooded it would leave a brown silt that was full of nutrients The bountiful sun and water meant that multiple crops could be raised and support an increasing population This increasing population caused the settlements to turn into huge cities and eventually create a government 



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