NEET BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why have the lands around the Tigris and Euphrates been home to civilizations in the Middle East for thousands years?
A
Rich oil fields
B
Fertile soil and freshwater
C
Natural protection from enemies
D
Easy transportation to the seas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, regularly flooded the region, and the Nile River also runs through part of it. Irrigation and agriculture developed here because of the fertile soil found near these rivers. Access to water helped with farming and trade routes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tigris and Euphrates rivers provided water and ameans of transportation for the people who settled in the area. In ancient times, it was easier to travel by boat than over land.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Mesopotamia, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (in modern day Iraq), is often referred to as the cradle of civilization because it is the first place where complex urban centers grew.

Detailed explanation-5: -The word “Mesopotamia, ” is an ancient Greek name that is sometimes translated as “the land between two rivers”-the rivers being the Euphrates and the Tigris, both of which originate in eastern Turkey and flow south to the Persian Gulf.

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