Question

The main occupation of the Mesopotamian people was

Answer 1

The main occupation of the Mesopotamian people was agriculture

Explanation:

• Agriculture was the main occupation & economic activity in the ancient Mesopotamia civilisation. They focused on the cereal cultivation & sheep farming, however also farmed legumes, date palms and grapes.
• The Mesopotamian farmers operated under harsh constraints, in particular the arid climate and the poor soil, developed effective strategies which allowed them to support the establishment & development of the first towns, first states,  and then the first empires, and under the guidance of the economy dominant institutes : provincial and royal palaces, temple and elite's domains.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock.[1] Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. The history of agriculture began thousands of years ago. After gathering wild grains beginning at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers began to plant them around 11,500 years ago. Pigs, sheep and cattle were domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture in the twentieth century came to dominate agricultural output, though about 2 billion people still depended on subsistence agriculture into the twenty-first.

Harvesting wheat with a combine harvester accompanied by a tractor and trailer

Modern agronomy, plant breeding, agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers, and technological developments have sharply increased yields, while causing widespread ecological and environmental damage. Selective breeding and modern practices in animal husbandry have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal welfare and environmental damage. Environmental issues include contributions to global warming, depletion of aquifers, deforestation, antibiotic resistance, and growth hormones in industrial meat production. Genetically modified organisms are widely used, although some are banned in certain countries.

The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into foods, fibers, fuels and raw materials (such as rubber). Food classes include cereals (grains), vegetables, fruits, oils, meat, milk, fungi and eggs. Over one-third of the world's workers are employed in agriculture, second only to the service sector, although the number of agricultural workers in developed countries has decreased significantly over the centuries.