It was a harbor city on the water the geography provided food trade routes, easier transportation and protection from invaders.
Her experience best illustrates the phenomenon of
"visual capture".
In psychology, visual capture in the field
of psychology refers to a scene where the vision overpowers other senses in
forming a perception. In this procedure what happens is that the visual sense affects
the other parts of somatosensory system which ends up in a supposed
surroundings which is matching with the reality.