The people of ancient civilizations such as ancient China and ancient Greece chose to move frequently from one place to another to find a more suitable place for their settlement . How they determined a location was based on both its economic and geographic characteristics. They would ask questions like “Will the soil be fertile enough to support plant life?” “Can I easily trade within the position?” “Is the terrain rocky or flat?” and so on. I will analyze the push and pull factors of ancient China and ancient Greece to determine why they moved from one region of their country to another. Pull factors are the positive characteristics of a region that cause people to desire it for its desirable economic and geographic characteristics. Push factors are negative characteristics of a region that cause people to want to move away from that region, perhaps due to economic and geographic characteristics. Ancient China was divided into two main regions, Inner China and Outer China. The land of Inner China contained fertile soil and could support a larger population than that of Outer China. Most of the Chinese population settled here for this reason. These regions were then each divided into five sub-regions. Outer China contained three such regions, the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau, the northwestern deserts, and the northeastern plain. Inner China owned the remaining two, the North China Plain and the Chang Jiang Basins. Each of the regions had their own reasons for why they were desirable or not to the nomads passing through China. The Tibet-Qinghai Plateau was an unwanted area of ​​land due to many geographical factors opposing it. One of these reasons was that the Plateau was very rocky and mountainous, which reveals...... middle of paper......a region where it would be easy to settle, an area with plenty of food and water not to speak of an easy life. Their choices not only had an effect on themselves, but also had a long-term effect on the region in which they chose to settle. One example is the North China Plain and how its economic opportunities have expanded as more and more people have moved there. The people of ancient civilizations, both ancient China and ancient Greece, chose to move frequently from one place to another to find a place more suitable for their settlement. How they chose the region was based on its economic and geographic factors determined by the experiences of others present. Ancient nomads wanted what was best for them and used push and pull factors to do so. They analyzed the area with various methods and in return got what was best for them.