CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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The cities were protected by mountains to the west.
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The forests provided plentiful lumber for construction.
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The cities were protected by a vast desert to the east.
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The rivers were used for irrigation, which led to a food surplus.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Ancient Mesopotamians, including the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and the Assyrians, relied on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers not only to water their fields but also for clean water for domestic uses.
Detailed explanation-3: -4.2 Mesopotamia: A Difficult Environment The sun beat down fiercely on the plains between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River. There was little rain. The Mesopotamians were farmers, and farms need water. The rivers brought water to the plains when they flooded, but for most of the year the soil was hard and dry.