Creating a Civilization

In history class, we were given the assignment to create our own ideal civilization using the knowledge from the year so far. We were told that we could make the civilization placed in any part of the world or even a made up place. For my group of three, we chose anywhere along Lake Michigan because we all felt that this is one place in the world that we know the best. We mapped ours out so that the civilization was based near the lake but not on the beach. Being near a freshwater resource is very important in the survival of humans and this water will obviously be used to drink by the members of the civilization. On the other side of the town is a forest. This forest is there so that the humans that belong to the civilization can hunt and gather food. On the two outer ends of our civilization are fields for livestock. Also near the fields are more fields but these are used for farming crops. The houses are arranged in to long but not perfect lines with a street/ path down the middle. We arranged our houses like this so that every part of the civilization is easy to get to. Because the lake is not super close, water would not be the easiest to transport to each house although it is still an option for water supply. To solve this problem we have made three wells in our civilization that way there is a more efficient way to get water and people wont have to travel so far. The three wells are located in the middle of the path so that they as well are easy to get to by every person who is a part of our civilization. Surrounding the well is a market where people can buy/trade for food and other goods. This is also important if not everyone is a farmer and owns live stock. The farmers and livestock owners can sell/trade in the markets for other things that they might need.