Most civilizations began near rivers and lakes. The people needed the water for drinking and growing plants, a skill learned during the Neolithic Revolution. River Valleys became ideal locations for cities and settlements because of the fertile land surrounding the river beds.

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.

The Mississippi River and its tributaries provided a natural highway for western commerce. . . . [Steamboats/ stimulated the agricultural economy of the west by providing better access to markets at a lower cost. As such, westward expansion and economic growth were closely linked.

Without water there would be no human civilization, indeed there would be no life. We use water to drink, navigate, fish, wash, cool down, cook, travel, water plants, and The earliest farmers, more than 8000 years ago in Africa and Asia, needed water to irrigate their land.

Why would a civilization choose to live near a river that regularly floods? Rivers leave fertile soil along their banks after floods. When floodwater recedes, it leaves fertile soil called alluvium along its banks, which is good for planting crops.

Infiltrating water moves more or less vertically as it passes through this unsaturated zone. Below the water table, all openings in the ground are filled with water. Once groundwater reaches this saturated zone, it begins to travel both horizontally and downward, and can flow into wells, rivers, and eventually the sea.

Only four ancient civilizations—Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus valley, and China—provided the basis for continuous cultural developments in the same location.

National monarchies

Five monarchies do not fit into one of the above groups by virtue of geography or class of monarchy: the Kingdom of Tonga in Polynesia; the Kingdom of Eswatini and the Kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa; and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.), and the Vatican City State in Europe.

Asia. The word Asia originated from the Ancient Greek word Ἀσία, first attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BCE) in reference to Anatolia or to the Persian Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. It originally was just a name for the east bank of the Aegean Sea, an area known to the Hittites as Assuwa.

List

Princess Diana has been hailed as the most beautiful royal woman of all time, based on an ancient rule. The late Princess of Wales came just ahead of Queen Rania of Jordan, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Meghan Markle.

Most Beautiful Royal

1. No 10: Crown Princess Masako.
2. No 9: Princess Margaret.
3. No 8: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
4. No 7: Sweden’s Princess Madeline.
5. No 5: Princess Charlotte of Monaco.
6. Nos 3 & 4 – Kate and Diana.
7. No 2: Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan.
8. No 1: Princess Grace of Monaco.