1.“Water has always played significant role in human settlements from Ancient to Modern societies”. Analyze the statement in context of Ancient Civilizations. please answer upto 250 words.

Water is extremely important for civilizations, and for ancient civilizations, even more so.

This can be seen in history very easily: there are four civilizations that are recognized by historians as the most ancient: the Egyptian civilization, the Sumerian (Mesopotamian) civilization, the Indian civilization, and the Chinese civilization.

All four civilizations had one thing in common: they were developed around a large river, which served for communication, transportation, and agricultural purposes.

The Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile, the Sumerian civilization developed along the Tigris and Euphrates, the Indian civilization developed along the Indus river (this is why it is also called the Indus valley civilization), and the Chinese civilization developed around the Yellow River, or as it is known in Chinese, the "Yangtze" River.

These rivers were important because they allowed communication and transportation of goods between cities and villages, and also, because they were a water source used in agriculture.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.