Eli5: How did cities or towns first become settled?

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I’ve been on a bit of a human history journey here lately, basically just jumping around various dates and eras to see what we know about the people of the time.

What occurs to me and what I haven’t come across yet, is how do towns and cities even get started? If I have come across that, I didn’t rightly understand what I was reading.

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Strategic location: near major crossroad, or a confluence of rivers, or a river ford, or a mountain pass, or a water source, or a good natural port, or generally in an area with disbursed population like a farming community

Tactical (defensible) location: on a hill, or a cliff, or a peninsula, etc

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