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Over 12,000 years ago, humans were hunter-gatherers. We lived a nomadic lifestyle, moving from place to place over the seasons and years. Considering humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years, the way we live now - settling down in one place for long stretches of time - is a pretty new lifestyle. But if you're going to settle down, you have a lot of places to choose from. So, why did we choose to live where we did? And what decides where we live today?
When humans first started to settle down, it was because we started to switch to an agrarian society. An agrarian society is a society where cultivating the land is the primary source of wealth, and the focus is on agriculture and farming. So naturally, the places we chose to live were the places that were best for this new life as farmers.
What do farmers need? They need good quality, fertile soil and a strong water supply. Both of these things can be found on the flood plains of rivers. So, it's not surprising that many of the first human settlements were along these rivers.
When humans first started to settle down, it was because we started to switch to an agrarian society. An agrarian society is a society where cultivating the land is the primary source of wealth, and the focus is on agriculture and farming. So naturally, the places we chose to live were the places that were best for this new life as farmers.
What do farmers need? They need good quality, fertile soil and a strong water supply. Both of these things can be found on the flood plains of rivers. So, it's not surprising that many of the first human settlements were along these rivers.
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