Question

Factors that led to the decline of the Mesopotamian civilization?

Answer 1

Answer:

• The rivers were higher than the surrounding plain because of built-up silt in the river beds, so water for irrigation flowed into the fields by gravity. Once the water was on the fields, it could not readily drain away because the fields were lower than the river.

• By 2300 BC, agricultural economy of the Mesopotamians began to shatter as the soil could no longer support plants.

• Historians also opine that wars were an important cause for the collapse. In 2000 BC, the last Sumerian dynasty fell and for almost a century, Mesopotamia was a place of chaos and confusion.

• In 1900 BC, Amorites captured the region and centralised the government over various city states. Finally, it was the invasion of Hittites which marked the end of Old Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia during 1900 BC to 1600 BC.

Answer 2

Answer:

a) sudden change in the course of euphrates river                                                                                            

b) foreign invasion

c) strong winds and sandstorms

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