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Fort Edmonton was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1795 to 1914. The fifth and final Fort Edmonton, 1830–1914, was the one that evolved into present-day Edmonton. In 1882, a group of businessmen and investors formed the York Farmers Colonization Company.
New Southern Ontario cities - the essence of Canada. St. Catharines (1821), London (1826), Hamilton (1846), Oshawa (1850), Kitchener (1854) and Windsor (1854) founded in the mid-nineteenth century would eventually form the core of the most densely populated and heavily industrialized region of Canada.
The city corresponds to the ancient Assyrian city of Arbela. Settlement at Erbil can be dated back to possibly 6000 BC, but not urban life until c. 2300. [155] [156] Ankara: Anatolia Turkey: c. 2000 BC [157] The oldest settlements in and around the city center of Ankara belonged to the Hattic civilization which existed during the Bronze Age ...
N̂g Hô. The Yellow River[ a ] is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi) and a watershed of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi). Beginning in the Bayan Har Mountains, the river flows generally eastwards before entering the 1,500 km (930 mi) long Ordos Loop, which ...
v. t. e. Yellow River civilization, Huanghe civilization or Huanghe Valley civilization (Chinese: 黃河文明), Hwan‐huou civilization is an ancient Chinese civilization that prospered in the middle and lower basin of the Yellow River. [1] Agriculture was started in the flood plain of the Yellow River, and before long, through flood control ...
1081.81. Notes: ^ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. The Vancouver CMA includes the cities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver and White Rock.
Appearance. A river valley civilization is an agricultural nation or civilization situated beside and drawing sustenance from a river. A river gives the inhabitants a reliable source of water for drinking and agriculture. Some other possible benefits for the inhabitants are fishing, fertile soil due to annual flooding, and ease of transportation.
Contents. Former colonies and territories in Canada. A number of states and polities formerly claimed colonies and territories in Canada prior to the evolution of the current provinces and territories under the federal system. [ 1 ] North America prior to colonization was occupied by a variety of indigenous groups consisting of band societies ...