Setting and Plot

Setting plays a important role in the story. Setting is actually the thing that causes the plot, which means that the setting causes the chain of events. A story changes by the setting, if the setting changes, the story will be different. For example: a girl was selling matches during winter. She was very anxious that somebody could buy a match from her. Unfortunately, no one needs match. The girl really wanted to sell some matches in order to buy some foods for her little brothers. So she just stood there for a whole night. The next day, people saw a body lay on the snow floor, and that person was the match girl. She was died, because it was too cold out there. She froze to death. If you looked back, you could find out that the setting had killed the girl. If the climate wasn't so cold, mabye the girl would be able to live longer. Mabye someone would buy matches from her, and she would earn some money, and the story would be totally different!
Another example will be during the Mongolia Empire. About 800 years ago, the Mongolian had conquered tons and tons of lands. They had defeated the Byzantine Empire and the Song Dynasty in China. The Mongolia Empire was one of the biggest empire in history, it's land was about 2 times bigger than Russia.  Well, when the Mongolian conquered a place. They would rob, kill, or burn. They would do whatever thing to make they happy. No one will do that in modern day. War will hardly happen in modern. That is because the modern people hate violence, we love peace. From the two examples I gave you guys, I hope you can understand how setting affect story.