Human Settlements In The Past

In the past where did humans tend to settle and why? 

There were many different places where people used to settle in the past most of which depended on the topography and climate. Topography refers to physical features of an area. Some examples are valleys, mountains, lakes, and rivers are all physical features. Climate is the pattern of weather in an area over time. In the past people usually used to settle in places that are good for farming or building cities. During this time period they needed to live in an area in which you can farm crops for food. Most areas that are good for farming must have the good topography and climate. It could have perfect climate; lots of rain and a warm or medium temperature, but it could have horrible topography, maybe the land was too rocky to plant any crops. You also need a good topography and climate to have plenty of animals to hunt. The main reason to settle in theses areas was for food. 

To have a perfect farming area you must have a good topography, flat land, near a source of water, and a medium or lower altitude (not too low or it might flood easily). You also needed a good climate, sunny (but not a desert), and have a good amount of precipitation.Good places to farm are places that are flat and is near a river, because a river usually means that the soil around it is moist and perfect for crop growth.  

There were some other minor details you had to take in consideration when our ancestors were building their farms. They needed to have their farm in a place where there were not pests such as packs of dogs and insects like locusts and beetles. One last thing they needed to take into consideration was if the land was prone to natural disasters like floods and earthquakes.