Title: Settlement: Definition,Types, Hierarchy and History of First Human Settlement - Jotscroll
Headings: Settlement: Definition,Types, Hierarchy and History of First Human Settlement
Settlement: Definition,Types, Hierarchy and History of First Human Settlement
Contents
What is settlement?
Early/First Human Settlement
Types of settlement
Settlements hierarchy
Factors influencing the location of settlement

Content: A relatively dry but not too dry climate, which maintained soil fertility, prevent leaching, and enabled mud from the river to be used to build houses. A warm subtropical climate and a permanent water supply from the rivers for domestic use and as farming developed for irrigation. By 1500 BC, larger towns and urban areas had developed with an increasingly large range of functions. Administrators were needed to organize the collection of crops and the distribution of food supplies and also exchange surplus goods with other urban centers and early engineers introduced irrigation systems. Craftsmen were needed to make farming equipment and articles. The oldest known pottery woven, textiles were found in Yuchanyan Cave, Hunan,China. As towns continued to grow, it became necessary to have a legal system and an army for defense. During this period, people settled around Mesopotamia because of the rich fertile farmland. The land was so rich because of the Tigris and Euphrates river valley. The people of ancient Mesopotamia didn’t exactly come from anywhere.