Which of the following is the best example of a clan or family group's decision that will impact a civilization's economic growth and survival? offering a surplus to farmers if they spend half their time doing metalworking and weaving
passing a law that requires artisans, merchants, and farmers to pay additional taxes for public works projects
moving a settlement to a location that is closer to a river and which has copper deposits
making a plan to remove a settlement's natural defenses in order to plant more crops

industrial revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing

the answer is a. the harappan civilisation is also called the indus valley civilisation, this is because they built their cities along the indus river. the reason behind this location can be found in the rest of the "old world" civilisations like mesopotamia or egypt, the first built their cities along the rivers tigris and euphrates, the second along the nil; : their respective civilisations thrived because the overflowing of their respective rivers produced favorable conditions for agriculture, their main support.