How did farming villages develop?

Fertile soil produced bigger and better crops. This attracted farmers. River valleys had soil that was especially rich. Their soil eas better than that in fields that had been cleared by slashing and burning. Farmers settledin villages and went out to the fields to work. villages grew to hold several thousand people.People lived in shelters made of mud , bricks , logs, and hides. Villages life provided many advantages. Food was more plentiful. Poeple living in larger groups could more easily withstand attacks by nomadic bands. Village like also had disadvanages, includind the ricks of fire , disease, and flood.