CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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What caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
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Overuse of the soil
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Change in the climate
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An increase in population
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Fighting between villages
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By 5000 B.C.E., some historians believe, farmers in the Zagros foothills did not have enough land to grow food for the increasing number of people. As a result, villages began to suffer from food shortages.
Detailed explanation-2: -One problem that occurred in the foothills was a food shortage due to an increase in population. To solve it, farmers moved from the foothills to the plains of Sumer, near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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