GK
WORLD HISTORY
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flooding and mild weather
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Irrigation and fertile soil
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iron tools and sandy coasts
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bronze tools and canals
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tigris and Euphrates rivers made it possible to grow wheat on the arid Mesopotamian plains, but the dry climate eventually defeated human engineering. Irrigation brought water to fields faster than it could drain out. As salt-rich groundwater rose and surface water evaporated, mineral salts built up in the soils.
Detailed explanation-2: -The regular flooding along the Tigris and the Euphrates made the land around them especially fertile and ideal for growing crops for food. That made it a prime spot for the Neolithic Revolution, also called the Agricultural Revolution, that began to take place almost 12, 000 years ago.
Detailed explanation-3: -The farmers of Mesopotamia were inventive. They made bronze hand tools, like hammers, sickles, axes, and hoes. Mesopotamians were probably the first to use the wheel. By 3000 BCE, they had invented the plow and plow seeder.