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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Life Along Rivers Dbq

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Many Civilizations started along Rivers or Deltas. Rivers have became the main building blocks for the civilizations. Rivers have brought many advantages and disadvantages to these civilizations. That is the one common factor of these civilizations.
An advantage of living in a civilization next to a river is that you have an easy way to transport goods. (Doc.1) It would bring prosperity to people by trading. (Doc.1) An example is that Africans traded across the Nile. Another advantage is that you have a food supply. (Doc.3) The way they get their food is that animals are attracted to the water and then the people kill the animals for food. (OI) Furthermore, these are some of the advantages of living along a river.
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