Dbq On Rivers

The ancient civilizations had a tendency of starting along rivers such as the Nile, Indus, Huang He, and the Tigris and Euphrates. I can see the importance of the rivers and why this has been a common factor through history having land bordering rivers. Different outcomes occur along the river such as poverty or riches. There are also a large amount of advantages and disadvantages of living next to a river.

An advantage of living by a river would be having an accessible supply of fish near your house. For example in document four it states that the rivers gave people fish this was an advantage because you can cook fish to eat or to trade and sell. A second advantage would be the products you can make from water. Document five states that