WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Sheep, pig, cattle herding as well as cereal were important parts of Sumerian agriculture. It also depended on maintenance of irrigation canals. A centralized organization was established to manage agriculture.

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: -Despite the challenges, the Sumerians in the Fertile Crescent used technology to control the river and turn the area into productive farmland. They learned how to irrigate, or supply water to, their crops. They dug wide canals from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that led to their farms.