During exploration, what were they looking for to determine suitability?
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Let’s first begin by outlining the reasons why you *would* want to build a city.
Maybe the position was near a major river system so fish and water were plentiful. Maybe the position was on top of some fertile land so growing crops was easy. Maybe the position was on top of a salt mine. Or a trade route. And the list goes on. Whatever the reason, forming a settlement must have some benefit over just mindlessly roaming.
For this reason, you’ll find that many cities are actually built on top of current or former resource deposits. Cairo was built on the estuary on the Nile river, which flooded annually and provided fertile plains. Tokyo was actually once a fishing village, similarly built around a river. Auckland was built on top of a copper deposit. And the list goes on.
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