International Encyclopedia of Geography 2017
DOI: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0500
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Historical Settlement

Abstract: This entry traces the evolution of world human settlement from roughly 12 000 bp to the end of the European colonial period. It begins with the Neolithic Age and explains how the agricultural revolution enabled settlements to develop. Over time key locations (or cultural hearths) blessed with fertile lands and abundant water (Mesopotamia, the Nile Valley, Indus Valley, and Huang He/Yellow Valley) saw their populations grow. Beginning in the fifteenth century bce … Show more

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